Meaning Of The Word Bagpipe

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bagpipe in American English
a shrill-toned musical instrument with one double-reed pipe operated by finger stops and one or more drone pipes, all of them sounded by air forced with the arm from a leather bag, which is kept filled by the breath: now played chiefly in Scotland
noun: 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
transitive verb: to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward

bagpipe in British English
noun: of or relating to the bagpipes

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