A type of bagpipe associated with the Scottish Highlands; specifically one having three drones and a chanter, and a bag which the piper inflates by blowing into a valved blowpipe; also in plural.
Origin
Early 18th century.
Definition of Highland bagpipe in US English:
Highland bagpipe
noun
A type of bagpipe associated with the Scottish Highlands; specifically one having three drones and a chanter, and a bag which the piper inflates by blowing into a valved blowpipe; also in plural.