bagpipe

[bag-pahyp]

noun

1. 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)

bagpiped, bagpiping 

1. Nautical.,  to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.

bagpipe

/ ˈbæɡˌpaɪp /

noun

1. (modifier) of or relating to the bagpipes

   a bagpipe maker

Other Word Forms

• bagpiper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bagpipe¹

First recorded in 1300–50, bagpipe is from the Middle English word baggepipe. See bag, pipe ¹

Example Sentences

Each side traded insults, trying to outdo the other side with bagpipe music.

From BBC

The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.

From BBC

He emerged on stage to the sound of Scotland The Brave on bagpipes - a nod to his Scottish father.

From BBC

Wahlberg was made aware of the record attempt by his personal assistant, who has a friend who met Jamie at a wedding he was playing bagpipes at.

From BBC

The service, which featured bagpipe music, a color guard and the laying of wreaths, concluded after about an hour with the release of a dozen white doves from a woven basket.

From Los Angeles Times