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Gwill (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?
plural: ?; (with) definite article: ?
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reed consisting of a base (the Body) with a vibrating blade (the Tongue)

Identical types: 55

From "quill", after the material traditionally used.

Traditionally made from goose quill; Nowadays [i.e. late 20th century; ws] of Spanish cane (Arundo donax) or elder (Bour-tree; Sambucus nigra).

Guill


Sources

Garvin, Wilbert: The Irish bagpipes: their construction and maintenance [Belfast 1978, Blackstaff Press]. Foreword by Breandán Breathnach. Kells, 1988 (2), p.25.