Ligature
Ligature; Ligatur [?]; Atadura.
Identical types: 4The airtight tying-in of the stocks into the bag, and of the animal skin itself (before [e.g. Bulgarian, Spanish] or after [e.g. south-Italian, Macedonian] the insertion of the stocks); NB: ➺ homonyms.
Made of a string, tightly wound around the skin, and tied; Sometimes glued (and tied).
MacLellan, John: The pipers’ handbook: a complete non musical guide for the piper to all aspects of the great Highland bagpipe, including: maintenance; the altering and setting of reeds; how to set up a bagpipe; information about pipers of past eras; etc., etc. London, 1964, p.11.