The story
- Middle English · inherited frombagpipe
- English todaybagpipes
From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag + pipes.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag + pipes.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.