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Loure (f)

(with) definite article: la
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Bagpipe, mouth-blown: nr. of stocks? (chanter type? / [additional] drones? [in ? stocks])

Identical types: 54

From Latin "lura" [bag/sack]; 16-17th century term; In Cotgrave explicitly labeled as "Poictevin" [i.e. "of Poitou"]; NB¹: ➺ homonyms, &c.; NB²: ➺ Turelure.

Lourette

Sources

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

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Brücker; »Wartburg).