bagpipe

[ bag-pahyp ]
/ ˈbægˌpaɪp /

noun

Often bagpipes. a reed instrument consisting of a melody pipe and one or more accompanying drone pipes protruding from a windbag into which the air is blown by the mouth or a bellows.

verb (used with object), bag·piped, bag·pip·ing.

Nautical. to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.

Origin of bagpipe

First recorded in 1300–50, bagpipe is from the Middle English word baggepipe. See bag, pipe1

OTHER WORDS FROM bagpipe

bag·pip·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for bagpipe

bagpipe
/ (ˈbæɡˌpaɪp) /

noun

(modifier) of or relating to the bagpipes a bagpipe maker