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Soplete / Sopleto (m)

(with) definite article: el

tube through which the bag of a mouth-blown bagpipe, &c. is inflated

Identical types: 96
Blowpipe

From "soplar" [to blow/inflate]; NB: ➺ homonyms.

Portaviento

Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.36 (Sopleto [sic]).

Meré, Rafael: Museo Internacional de la Gaita: catálogo. Gijón, 1970, p.19.

García-Oliva Mascarós, Alfonso: Museo de la Gaita: catálogo de las cornemusas del Museo de la Gaita de Gijón. Gijón, s.a. [1992], p.13 (& passim).

Estévez Vila, Xaime: A gaita no eido da música [The [Galician] bagpipe in the field of music]. Vigo, 1987, p.24.