skirling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of skirl

   “"And at ony rate , if he suld hear her skirling her auld ends oʻsangs , he's no to ken for that that there's ony body wi' her."”

noun

1. (UK, dialectal)A small trout or salmon.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland)A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.

   “When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened.”