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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bagpipes /ˈbæɡˌpaɪps/ pl n - any of a family of musical wind instruments in which sounds are produced in reed pipes supplied with air from a bag inflated either by the player's mouth, as in the Irish bagpipes or Highland bagpipes of Scotland, or by arm-operated bellows, as in the Northumbrian bagpipes
bag•pipe /ˈbægˌpaɪp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and DanceOften, bagpipes.[plural] a reed instrument made up of a melody pipe and other pipes sounded by air forced out of a leather bag.
bag•pip•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bag•pipe (bag′pīp′),USA pronunciation n., v., -piped, -pip•ing. n. - Music and DanceOften, 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.
v.t. - Nautical, Naval Termsto back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.
- Middle English baggepipe. See bag, pipe1 1300–50
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