bagpipes

Etymology

From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag + pipes.

noun

1. A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, 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. 2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 250