fipple flute

noun

Music.

1. a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.

fipple flute

noun

1. an end-blown flute provided with a fipple, such as the recorder or flageolet

Word History and Origins

Origin of fipple flute¹

First recorded in 1910–15

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.

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

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