Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small French bagpipe operated with a bellows and having a soft sound.
- noun A soft pastoral air that imitates bagpipe music.
- noun A small canvas or leather bag with a shoulder strap, as one used by soldiers or travelers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small and simple variety of oboe.
- noun A form of bagpipe once very popular in France, having a compass of from ten to thirteen tones.
- noun A quiet pastoral melody, usually with a drone-bass, written in imitation of a bagpipe tune: often introduced as one of the parts of the old-fashioned suite, especially as a contrast to the gavotte.
- noun Same as
schalmei , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.
- noun An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A small
bagpipe with abellows , having a soft sound, and once popular in France. - noun A dance
tune orpastoral air that imitates this instrument. - noun A small bag or
knapsack , with a shoulder strap, used by soldiers, student, tourists, etc., containing food or other things. - noun A small instrument similar to an
oboe orshawm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Lance Armstong’s encounter with a fan’s musette is rumored to have broken his chainstay.
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The chief characteristic of the musette was a certain rustic Watteau-like grace.
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For anyone with a penchant for the traditional accordion based Parisian music known as musette and the unique song style of the French music hall,
CathNews 2009
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For anyone with a penchant for the traditional accordion based Parisian music known as musette and the unique song style of the French music hall,
CathNews 2009
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For anyone with a penchant for the traditional accordion based Parisian music known as musette and the unique song style of the French music hall,
CathNews 2009
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For anyone with a penchant for the traditional accordion based Parisian music known as musette and the unique song style of the French music hall,
CathNews 2009
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For anyone with a penchant for the traditional accordion based Parisian music known as musette and the unique song style of the French music hall,
CathNews 2009
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For anyone with a penchant for the traditional accordion based Parisian music known as musette and the unique song style of the French music hall,
CathNews 2009
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For anyone with a penchant for the traditional accordion based Parisian music known as musette and the unique song style of the French music hall,
CathNews 2009
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The bunch pick up their feed bags, known as a "musette".
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