verb
- made a shrill, piercing sound (past tense of skirl)
Usage: often used to describe bagpipes or similar wind instruments
Examples
- The bagpipes skirled across the Scottish highlands.
- Wind skirled through the broken window.
- The pipes skirled a mournful tune at the funeral.
- She heard the wind that skirled around the castle walls.
- The instrument skirled loudly during the ceremony.
- Bagpipes skirled as the parade marched down the street.