noun
- plural of bodhrán, a shallow one-sided Irish frame drum played with a wooden stick
Usage: Irish traditional music
Examples
- The musicians brought several bodhrans to the Celtic festival.
- She learned to play different sizes of bodhrans in her Irish music class.
- The band’s collection included vintage bodhrans from County Cork.
- Traditional bodhrans are made with goatskin stretched over wooden frames.
- The rhythm section featured two bodhrans and a set of spoons.
- He purchased handcrafted bodhrans from a Dublin instrument maker.