musette

[ myoo-zet ]

/ myuˈzɛt /

noun

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

First recorded in 1350–1400; def. 1 was first recorded in 1920–25; Middle English, from Middle French, equivalent to muse “bagpipe” (derivative of muser “to play the bagpipe,” from Latin mussāre “to hum”) + -ette; see origin at muse,-ette

Words nearby musette

Mus.D., muse, museful, museology, Muses, musette, musette bag, museum, museum beetle, museumgoer, museum piece

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Example sentences from the Web for musette

Whilst walking along Marcel and Musette continued thus on the open Boulevard the comedy of reawakening love.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter|Henry Murger
He discovered, in a shop, an old French musette (bagpipe), the chanter or melody-pipe of which was missing.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin
Marcel was quarreling with Musette about a new bonnet which he had not given her.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter|Henry Murger
Musette read a challenge in this sentence, and quickly replied, "And it will not perhaps be the last, eh?"
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter|Henry Murger

First 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 Putnam

British Dictionary definitions for musette

musette

/ (mjuːˈzɛt, French myzɛt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for musette

C14: from Old French, diminutive of muse bagpipe

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单词	musette
释义	musette [ myoo-zet ] / myuˈzɛt / noun 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 First recorded in 1350–1400; def. 1 was first recorded in 1920–25; Middle English, from Middle French, equivalent to muse “bagpipe” (derivative of muser “to play the bagpipe,” from Latin mussāre “to hum”) + -ette; see origin at muse,-ette Words nearby musette Mus.D., muse, museful, museology, Muses, musette, musette bag, museum, museum beetle, museumgoer, museum piece Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for musette Whilst walking along Marcel and Musette continued thus on the open Boulevard the comedy of reawakening love. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter\|Henry Murger He discovered, in a shop, an old French musette (bagpipe), the chanter or melody-pipe of which was missing. Springtime and Other Essays\|Francis Darwin Marcel was quarreling with Musette about a new bonnet which he had not given her. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter\|Henry Murger Musette read a challenge in this sentence, and quickly replied, "And it will not perhaps be the last, eh?" Bohemians of the Latin Quarter\|Henry Murger First 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 Putnam British Dictionary definitions for musette musette / (mjuːˈzɛt, French myzɛt) / noun 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 Word Origin for musette C14: from Old French, diminutive of muse bagpipe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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