Turelure (f)
(with) definite article: laNB¹: The literal translation is "sing-song" [A dull tune]; NB²: According to the Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales (➺ internet source [CNTRL]), an "interjection [Onomatopœia], formerly used in some refrains of popular songs, after the name of a musical instrument designating a bagpipe, [or] a flageolet", &c.; NB³: Note especially the reference in the French text to Guir. Lex. fr. Etymol. obsc. 1982, in which it is stated that the term is thought to be related to the name Loure [«grande musette, flageolet»; ws]; NB4: According to the Nameslist (➺ internet source), "Focused in the Eure, the Pas-de-Calais and the Aisne, the name corresponds to the old French "Turelure" (= bagpipe), so we think [that it is] the nickname of a bagpiper, but we will not forget that "Robin Turelure" was used to designate a deceived husband"; NB5: Term also used as a Sobriquet ? [Not encountered as such in reliable sources; ws]; NB6: ➺ Turelot, Turelote; NB7: ➺ Turelurelot; NB8: ➺ Turelurette.
Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].
Airs du temps: cornemuses du monde, musiques des régions. Ploezal, 1996, p.30.
ws (linguistics [➺ Dictionaries, &c.]).