bourdon

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bourdon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bourdon \Bour"don\, n. [F., fr. L. burdo mule, esp. one used for
     carrying litters. Cf. Sp. muleta a young she mule; also,
     crutch, prop.]
     A pilgrim's staff.
     [1913 Webster]

  Bourdon \Bour"don`\, n. [F. See Burden a refrain.] (Mus.)
     (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See
         Burden (of a song.)
     (b) A kind of organ stop.
         [1913 Webster]

bourdon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bourdon
      n 1: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single
           continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon]