biniou

/ binju /

noun

Origin of biniou¹

from Breton beniou

The drone of the biniou is of boxwood, handsomely inlaid with tin, and has a single or beating reed hidden within the stock.

The sonneur de biniou is blind, and quite wrapped up in his art; he lives, as it were, in a world apart.

The orchestra—two violins, a reed-pipe, a biniou, and a harp—were playing away with might and main.

The biniou is rather like a small bagpipe and produces a wild, shrill sound.

During the repasts a violinist and a biniou-player, dressed in his Breton costume, played to us.

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