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Chalemie* (f)

(with) definite article: la

bagpipe term also used for other aerophones

Identical types: 45

NOT a bagpipe, but just a homonym; According to Cotgrave, "already an obsolete synonym of Chalemelle, [which is] a little pipe made of reed, or of a wheaten, or oaten straw"
(NB: chalemeler: to play on a little pipe).

Sources

Cotgrave, Mr. Randle: A French and Engliſh dictionary […] with another in Engliſh and French. London, MDCLXXIII [1673].

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Google books (Cotgrave [Find chalemie]).