bourdon

The burden or bass of a melody.

The earth tremors resumed and made a bourdon to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas.

The drone pipe of a bagpipe.

The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.

The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.

The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.

A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.

Unadapted borrowing from French bourdon; a pilgrim's staff.

The left hand was gone, this held the bourdon or pilgrim's staff, a small portion only of which appeared over the scrip.

The pilgrim's return was denoted by a bunch of palm, which was tied round the head of the bourdon, the leaves being, of course, ghe guerdon of his enterprise, giving the name of Palmer to the tribe.

A flute stop on an organ of 8', 16' or 32', generally characterized by a low, dark tone.