musette
Also called mu·sette bag . a small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap, used for carrying personal belongings, food, etc., while hiking, marching, or the like.
a French bagpipe of the 17th and early 18th centuries, with several chambers and drones, and with the wind supplied by a bellows rather than a blowpipe.
a woodwind instrument similar to but smaller than a shawm.
a short musical piece with a drone bass, often forming the middle section of a gavotte.
Origin of musette
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How to use musette in a sentence
A small French musette of ivory, with silver keys, having belonged to the painter Vanloo.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Carl EngelBut the next season found me anxious to renew the adventure, to again enjoy the pleasures of the bal musette.
The Merry-Go-Round | Carl Van VechtenHe soaked these in oil and stowed them in a musette bag which he snapped to the D-rings of the pack.
Cat and Mouse | Ralph WilliamsFirst off, I wouldn't answer the phone; but musette stood by me with it in her hand and just made me.
Believe You Me! | Nina Wilcox PutnamNo sooner had Ma and me ate breakfast next morning than in came musette and says there are two gentlemen outside wants to see me.
Believe You Me! | Nina Wilcox Putnam
British Dictionary definitions for musette
/ (mjuːˈzɛt, French myzɛt) /
a type of bagpipe with a bellows popular in France during the 17th and 18th centuries
a dance, with a drone bass originally played by a musette
Origin of musette
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