Obs. [a. OF. *estiveor, agent-n. f. estiver to play on the estive: see STIVE sb.5] A performer on a kind of bagpipe.
13[?]. Guy Warw. (1891), 396. Organisters & gode stiuours.
13[?]. K. Alis., 2566 (Laud MS.). Mery is þe blast of þe styuour.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 6558. Þer were trumpes & fiþelers & stiuours & tabourers.
