fipple

[ fip-uhl ]

noun

, Music.

1. 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.

fipple

/ ˈfɪpəl /

noun

1. a wooden plug forming a flue in the end of a pipe, as the mouthpiece of a recorder
2. a similar device in an organ pipe with a flutelike tone

Word History and Origins

Origin of fipple¹

1620–30; perhaps special use of dial. fipple loose lower lip, pouting lip; compare Old Norse flipi lower lip of a horse, Norwegian flipe flap, lappet. See flip ¹, flap, flabby

Word History and Origins

Origin of fipple¹

C17: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

He swam up past the boulders made of spongy gishy-gosh, And flew right by the herd of floating feeding fipple-fosh.

From Project Gutenberg

The old English fipple flute, or flte bec, is described under the headings Recorder and Flageolet.

From Project Gutenberg