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bagpipe
[ bag-pahyp ]
noun
- Often bagpipes. 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.
verb (used with object)
- Nautical. to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.
bagpipe
/ ˈ²úæɡˌ±è²¹Éª±è /
noun
- modifier of or relating to the bagpipes
a bagpipe maker
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú²¹²µî€ƒp¾±±èe°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
After piper Malcolm Campbell was shot and left for dead during World War One, he credited his bagpipes with helping to save his life.
And he throws in seemingly extraneous references to British troops hearing bagpipes and to Lord Lovat of Scotland.
With all those strings to her bow, you might be surprised to hear that in 2020 she decided to take up another hobby – the bagpipes.
The funeral procession arrived at Manchester Cathedral to the sound of bagpipes playing Flower of Scotland.
Lord Prescott's coffin was carried into the minster as former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell played the Welsh national anthem on the bagpipes.
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