musette noun. [mju:'zɛt] LME.
[Old & mod. French, dim. of muse bagpipe: see -ETTE.]
1. A kind of small bagpipe, esp. a small French bagpipe of the 18th cent. with a soft tone. LME.

2. A soft pastoral air imitating the sound of the musette; a dance performed to such music. E18.

3. A reed-stop in an organ producing a soft tone resembling that of the musette. E19.

4. A small and simple variety of oboe without a reed-cap. L19.

5. More fully musette bag. A type of lightweight knapsack used esp. by the military and by racing cyclists. E20.

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