bagpipe
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.
Nautical. to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.
Origin of bagpipe
1Other words from bagpipe
- bagpiper, noun
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How to use bagpipe in a sentence
He played bagpipes and thought he could busk his way up there and back.
Over the next few years, Kevin actually got to Alaska with his bagpipes, and then he wrote a nonfiction book about the adventure.
A window was open, through which his bagpipe might have been seen hanging to a nail upon the wall.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoThe camp-fire still blazed; near it a bagpipe crooned; now and again a horse shook in its harness.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. GoughHe played extremely well on the Northumberland bagpipe, and his neighbour was a good performer on the flageolet.
Wanderings in South America | Charles Waterton
The wild wail of a bagpipe smote the air and the four boon companions rushed to the window.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) LeahyIn one instance, the head of Luther is represented as the Devil's bagpipe; he blows into his ear, and uses his nose as a chanter.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeli
British Dictionary definitions for bagpipe
/ (ˈbæɡˌpaɪp) /
(modifier) of or relating to the bagpipes: a bagpipe maker
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