zampogna

Definition

A kind of Italian double-chantered bagpipe.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zampogna. Doublet of sinfonia, symphonia, tsampouna, and symphony.

Example Sentences

• "“When I go out to guard my sheep I play my zampogna, and I walk along and the sheep follow me. […]”"
• "The musician on the left is playing the zampogna, a bagpipe with two chanters and two drones. The zampogna is thought to be the bag-provided descendant of the ancient mouth-blown divergent pipes of the Romans, known as the tibia."