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Bourdon à layettes (m)

(with) definite article: le
(the) drone with [?]; ➺ remark(s) below
Barillet

According to Webster (1974), "layette" is a diminutive of "laie" [drawer (from Flemish/Middle Dutch "lade" [drawer]; IPA: /ladɛ/), but in Verrijn Stuart-Alma it is translated as "wooden box" [obsolete? (compare "layetier" [box maker]); NB¹: Oddly, in English the homonym "layette" is used to indicate "a complete outfit for a newborn baby, incl. clothes, bedding, &c."; NB²: ➺ homonyms, &c.

Sources

Montbel, Eric: Les musettes de Cour dites aussi «musettes baroques». In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.146 [2x], 149, 150 [type; no term], 153.

Montbel, Eric: Les musettes Gaillard, cornemuses d'ameublement. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.563 (absence), 578.

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