musette

 
Pronunciation: /mjuːˈzɛt/

noun

  • 1a kind of small bagpipe played with bellows, common in the French court in the 17th-18th centuries and in later folk music.
  • a tune or piece of music imitating the sound of the musette, typically with a drone.
  • a dance to a musette, especially in the 18th-century French court.
  • 2a small, simple variety of oboe, used chiefly in 19th-century France.
  • 3 (also musette bag) US a small knapsack.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of muse 'bagpipe'