From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bourdon \Bour"don\, noun [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. ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bourdon \Bour"don'\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [syn: {drone}, {drone pipe}]
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