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Windzak (m)

(with) definite article: de
(the) wind bag
Zak

Even though Boers describes the bag as "in the past being the flayed skin of a he- or she-goat", he oddly and erroneously claims that it is also called blaasbalg [i.e. "bellows"; ws].

Sources

Boone, p.21, 93 (note 66: »Boers).

Boers, J.C.: De Hommel of Noordsche Balk. In: Ts. Vereeniging voor Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis, Deel 1, 1ste Stuk (1882), p.9.