Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Celtic bagpipe whose air supply is produced by a bellows held under the arm and operated by the elbow.
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- noun Singular of
uilleann pipes , (normally used in plural).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Irish Gaelic, genitive of uillinn, elbow, from Old Irish uilenn; see el- in Indo-European roots.]
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