— bagpiper , n.
/bag"puyp'/ , n. , v. , bagpiped, bagpiping .
n.
1. Often, bagpipes . a reed instrument consisting of a melody pipe and one or more accompanying drone pipes protruding from a windbag into which the air is blown by the mouth or a bellows.
v.t.
2. Naut. to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.
[ 1300-50; ME baggepipe. See BAG, PIPE 1 ]