Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

musette

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

mu·sette

noun \my-ˈzet\

Definition of MUSETTE

1
: a bellows-blown bagpipe popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries
2
: a small knapsack; also : a similar bag with one shoulder strap —called also musette bag

Origin of MUSETTE

Middle English, from Middle French, diminutive of muse bagpipe, from muser to muse, play the bagpipe
First Known Use: 14th century

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: museum
Previous Word in the Dictionary: museology
All Words Near: musette

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up musette? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).