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musette
[ myoo-zet ]
noun
- Also called mu·sette bag. a small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap, used for carrying personal belongings, food, etc., while hiking, marching, or the like.
- a French bagpipe of the 17th and early 18th centuries, with several chambers and drones, and with the wind supplied by a bellows rather than a blowpipe.
- a woodwind instrument similar to but smaller than a shawm.
- a short musical piece with a drone bass, often forming the middle section of a gavotte.
musette
/ mjuːˈzɛt; myzɛt /
noun
- a type of bagpipe with a bellows popular in France during the 17th and 18th centuries
- a dance, with a drone bass originally played by a musette
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Word History and Origins
Origin of musette1
First recorded in 1350–1400; musette def 1 was first recorded in 1920–25; Middle English, from Middle French, equivalent to muse “bagpipe” (derivative of muser “to play the bagpipe,” from Latin mussāre “to hum”) + -ette; muse, -ette
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Word History and Origins
Origin of musette1
C14: from Old French, diminutive of muse bagpipe
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Example Sentences
A small French musette of ivory, with silver keys, having belonged to the painter Vanloo.
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But the next season found me anxious to renew the adventure, to again enjoy the pleasures of the bal musette.
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He soaked these in oil and stowed them in a musette bag which he snapped to the D-rings of the pack.
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First off, I wouldn't answer the phone; but Musette stood by me with it in her hand and just made me.
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No sooner had Ma and me ate breakfast next morning than in came Musette and says there are two gentlemen outside wants to see me.
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