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Ġild (col. m)

(with) definite article: il (il-Ġild)
(the) skin

air reservoir: flexible (usually of animal skin), ready for the insertion of stocks

Identical types: 105
Żaqq

Traditionally (preferably) made of dogskin.

Sources

Starke, Christian: Zaqq: the Maltese bagpipe. In: Anuario da Gaita 2003 (18), p.27.

Web

mlrs.research.um.edu.mt (Ġabra: an open lexicon for Maltese [Find ġild])