panpipes Definition

panpipes
Pan pipes
Pan's pipes
plural noun

1. A musical instrument, made of reeds of different lengths bound together and played by blowing across their open ends, of great antiquity and widely used in certain folk cultures such as those of S America and Romania. Also called syrinx.

Etymology: 19c: named after Pan, the Greek god of pastures, flocks and woods, who reputedly invented them.