BAGPIPES
Etymology
Noun
bagpipes pl (plural only)
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, 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.
Synonyms
• (musical wind instrument): bagpipe, pipes; the pipes (usually Scottish)
Meronyms
• (musical wind instrument): mouthpiece, neck, chanter, chanter reed, chanter reed protector, bass drone, tenor drone
Source: Wiktionary
BAGPIPE
Bag"pipe, n.
Definition: A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of
Scotland.
Note: It consists of a leather bag, which receives the air by a tube
that is stopped by a valve; and three sounding pipes, into which the
air is pressed by the performer. Two of these pipes produce fixed
tones, namely, the bass, or key tone, and its fifth, and form
together what is called the drone; the third, or chanter, gives the
melody.
Bag"pipe, v. t.
Definition: To make to look like a bagpipe. To bagpipe the mizzen (Naut.),
to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging. Totten.
BAGPIPE
Bag"pipe, n.
Definition: A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of
Scotland.
Note: It consists of a leather bag, which receives the air by a tube
that is stopped by a valve; and three sounding pipes, into which the
air is pressed by the performer. Two of these pipes produce fixed
tones, namely, the bass, or key tone, and its fifth, and form
together what is called the drone; the third, or chanter, gives the
melody.
Bag"pipe, v. t.
Definition: To make to look like a bagpipe. To bagpipe the mizzen (Naut.),
to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition