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Ombreira (f)

(with) definite article: a
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Identical types: 15
Bordão

From "ombro" [shoulder]; Butt piece (lodging the reed) of the drone, for insertion into the stock; NB: Interestingly, in standard Portuguese dictionaries the term is defined as "jamb" (doorway).

Oumbreira, Purmeira, Terceira

Sources

Veiga de Oliveira, Ernesto: Instrumentos musicais populares portugueses [1966]. Lisboa, 1982 (2), p.323.

Web

portuguesedictionary.net (ombreira [da porta]).
Wikipedia (Gaita de fole), ➺ Cada secção, um termo, n°03 [NB (Oct. 2025): oddly referring to an ill. of a Scottish bagpipe!].