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;