bagpipes
A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
Example
“Bagpipes are traditionally played in most Celtic regions and many former parts of the British Empire.”
Related words
- bagpipe lung
- bagpiper
Word history
From Middle English "bagpipe".
Where this comes from
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