bodhran

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Definition of bodhran in English English dictionary

A type of frame drum used in Celtic music, which was, by tradition, struck with an animal bone to produce its sound, now more usually this is wood

(Muzik) A hand-held goatskin drum used in traditional Irish music and often played with a stick

A type of framedrum used in Celtic music.The word comes from the Irish term for deaf or dull

Etymology

() Irish bodhrán from Irish bodhor (“soft or dull sounding”) or Irish bodhar (“deaf”)