bagpipes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

noun

/ˈbæɡˌpaɪps/ en-us-bagpipes.ogg

bagpipes bagpipe

From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag + pipes.

bagpipe pipes the pipes

bota bag musette

bagpipe lung bagpiper

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