skirlPronunciation: /skəːl/Definition of skirl noun a shrill, wailing sound, especially that of bagpipes: we heard a skirl of the pipes verb [no object] (of bagpipes) produce a shrill, wailing sound: the pipes skirled and moaned down the street (as noun skirling)the skirling of the Breton bagpipesOrigin: late Middle English (as a verb): probably of Scandinavian origin; ultimately imitativeskirl in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of skirl in the US English dictionary
