OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16993

bagpipes

/ˈbæɡˌpaɪps/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gaita
A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
Bagpipes are traditionally played in most Celtic regions and many former parts of the British Empire.
“Iʼll tell you something: there is nothing in the world like the sound of the bagpipes to raise a manʼs morale, to lift his spirits, and give him strength.”
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