1a. A small French bagpipe operated with a bellows and having a soft sound. b. A soft pastoral air that imitates bagpipe music. 2. A small canvas or leather bag with a shoulder strap, as one used by soldiers or travelers. Also called musette bag.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of muse, from muser, to play the musette, muse. See muse.