Etymology

bagpipes

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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 →

Middle English bagpipe
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombagpipe
  2. English todaybagpipes

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

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