Pandean pipes

Pandean pipes

English

Etymology

From Pan (Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man) + pipes.

Noun

Pandean pipes pl (plural only)

1. Panpipes.
   • 1875, William Henley, Notes on the Firth:

     Pandean pipes whereon the winds would play,

     Long rows of chimney-pots the ridges crown;

     And black on slates and skylights flicker and frown

     Shadows of smoke that streams and wings that sway.

   • 1875, William Henley, To Me at my Fifth-floor Window:

     To me at my fifth-floor window

     The chimney-pots in rows

     Are sets of pipes pandean

     For every wind that blows;