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Pouce (m)

(with) definite article: le
plural: Pouces; (with) definite article: les
(the) thumb(s)
Identical types: 4

Measure (27 mm) used to define the chanter size of central French bagpipes; NB: ➺ Pouce arrière.

Sources

Chassaing, Jean-François: La tradition de cornemuse en Basse-Auvergne et Sud-Bourbonnais [Thèse de doctorat, ethnologie 3e cycle, Univ. Lyon 2, 1981]. Moulins, 1983 (© 1982), p.13.

Montbel, Eric: Les cornemuses du Massif Central: Autour de la cabrette. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.112 (»Mersenne), 114 (plural).

Blanc, Bernard: Cabrettes à l'étude. Description technique de la cabrette. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.591 [3x, plural], [595].

Perre, Didier: Un des territoires de la cabrette, la Haute-Loire. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.764/7 (Musette (Béchonnet) de 14 pouces ½).