bagpipes

singular bagpipe · alternative bagpipe

1. pluralplural normallyA 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.

   Bagpipes are traditionally played in most Celtic regions and many former parts of the British Empire.

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   “Iʼll tell you something: there is nothing in the world like the sound of the bagpipes to raise a manʼs morale, to lift his spirits, and give him strength.”

   2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 250

   Synonyms: bagpipe, pipes, the pipes

1. pluralplural of Bagpipe