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fipple

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fip=ple

CIDE DICTIONARY

fipplen. [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.].
     A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fipple, n. a plug at the mouth-end of a wind instrument.

Idiom
fipple flute a flute played by blowing endwise, e.g. a recorder.
Etymology
17th c.: orig. unkn.

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