fipple

fipple
/fip"euhl/, n. Music.
a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows.
[1620-30; perh. special use of dial. fipple loose lower lip, pouting lip; cf. ON flipi lower lip of a horse, Norw flipe flap, lappet. See FLIP1, FLAP, FLABBY]

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  • fipple — North Country (Newcastle) Words the underlip: hang his fipple …   English dialects glossary

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  • fipple flute — [fip′əl] n. [< ?] any of a class of vertical flutes, as the recorder, in which a wedgelike plug (fipple) near the mouthpiece diverts part of the breath in producing the tones …   English World dictionary

  • fipple flute — Music. a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple. [1910 15] * * * ▪ musical instrument also called  whistle flute,  duct flute,  or  block flute        any of several end blown flutes having a plug (“block,” or “fipple”)… …   Universalium

  • fipple flute — noun a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece • Syn: ↑fipple pipe, ↑recorder, ↑vertical flute • Hypernyms: ↑pipe • Hyponyms: ↑flageolet, ↑treble recorder …   Useful english dictionary

  • fipple pipe — noun a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece • Syn: ↑fipple flute, ↑recorder, ↑vertical flute • Hypernyms: ↑pipe • Hyponyms: ↑flageolet, ↑treble recorder …   Useful english dictionary

  • fipple flute — /ˈfɪpəl flut/ (say fipuhl flooht) noun any of a group of instruments, as the recorder, flageolet, etc., with a straight pipe equipped with finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece …  

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