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fipple
CIDE DICTIONARY
fipple, n. [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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