BAGPIPE


Meaning of BAGPIPE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: Middle English baggepipe, from bagge bag + pipe

: a musical instrument consisting of a double-reed melody pipe and one or more single-reed drone pipes that are sounded by air from a flexible bag which is in turn kept inflated either by a mouth tube or by an elbow-worked bellows — often used in plural; compare musette ; see chanter

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