SHEPHERD'S PIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shepherd's pipe mean? 

• SHEPHERD'S PIPE (noun)
  The noun SHEPHERD'S PIPE has 2 senses:

1. a small bagpipe formerly popular in France

2. a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes

  Familiarity information: SHEPHERD'S PIPE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEPHERD'S PIPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small bagpipe formerly popular in France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

musette; shepherd's pipe

Hypernyms ("shepherd's pipe" is a kind of...):

bagpipe (a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flageolet; shepherd's pipe; treble recorder

Hypernyms ("shepherd's pipe" is a kind of...):

fipple flute; fipple pipe; recorder; vertical flute (a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shepherd's pipe"):

tabor pipe (a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor)