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Vezette (f)

(with) definite article: la
plural: Vezettes; (with) definite article: les
➺ remark(s) below

any female person who plays some kind of bagpipe (&c.)

Identical types: 14

Term, according to Chassaing used in Commentry (dépt. Allier); NB¹: Literally meaning "pregnant" [sic], it remains unclear whether this term is (or can also be) used symbolically as a sexual sobriquet indicating any female piper; NB²: ➺ Survey of female pipers; NB³: ➺ Vèze. Unfortunately, my request to Mr. Chassaign to enlighten me remained unanswered...

Sources

Chassaing, Jean-François: La tradition de cornemuse en Basse-Auvergne et Sud-Bourbonnais [Thèse de doctorat, ethnologie 3e cycle, Univ. Lyon 2, 1981]. Moulins, 1983 (© 1982), p.76 (en vezette), 128 (vezettes).