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

The tone is the true flute tone, brilliant and sympathetic.54 The old English fipple flute, or fl�te � bec, is described under the headings Recorder and Flageolet.

From Project Gutenberg

Musicians sat in the corner: a jar-drum, a tambourine, trumpets, and a fipple flute.

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