biniou

/ (binju) /

noun

a small high-pitched Breton bagpipe

Nearby words

bingo, bingo card, bingy, binh dinh, bini, biniou, binky, binman, binnacle, binnig, binocle

Word Origin for biniou

from Breton beniou

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Examples from the Web for biniou

The drone of the biniou is of boxwood, handsomely inlaid with tin, and has a single or beating reed hidden within the stock.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7|Various
The biniou is rather like a small bagpipe and produces a wild, shrill sound.
A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The orchestra—two violins, a reed-pipe, a biniou, and a harp—were playing away with might and main.
Lorraine|Robert W. Chambers