the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A bassoon. Also fagott.
Word Usage
"The bassoon economizes length, by being turned back upon itself, and, from its appearance, obtains in Italy and Germany the satirical appellation of "fagotto" or "fagott.""