BAGPIPE


Meaning of BAGPIPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbag-ˌpīp ]

noun

Date: 14th century

: a wind instrument consisting of a reed melody pipe and from one to five drones with air supplied continuously either by a bag with valve-stopped mouth tube or by bellows — often used in plural

• bag·pip·er -ˌpī-pər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.