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musette

mu·sette [ myoo zét ] (plural mu·settes)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. French bagpipe: French bagpipes that make a relatively soft sound. The musette was popular in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

2. pastoral dance music: a piece of pastoral dance music that imitates the sound of bagpipes or has bagpipes playing the bass line

3. military soldier's bag: a small leather or canvas knapsack with one shoulder strap, used by soldiers

[14th century. < French, "little bagpipes" < muse "bagpipes"]
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