reed pipe
Americannoun
noun
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a wind instrument, such as a clarinet or oboe, whose sound is produced by a vibrating reed
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an organ pipe sounded by a vibrating reed
Etymology
Origin of reed pipe
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
Example Sentences
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Suddenly he sank to his knees, began to blow a slow, wailing melody on his reed pipe, swaying his body as he played.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a horned god sits on a rock, reed pipe in hand, and displays hirsute lower extremities and straight horns, he is the shy god Pan.
From Time Magazine Archive
We walked through the strawberry fields, where campers were picking bushels of berries while a satyr played a tune on a reed pipe.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
The dancers are led by a man who dances apart, waving a handkerchief rhythmically above his head, and either singing a war song or playing on a reed pipe.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
There are now living many persons who well remember seeing her smoking by her fireside a long reed pipe.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)
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