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单词 fipple
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fipple

[ fip-uhl ]
/ ˈfɪp əl /

noun Music.

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.

Origin of fipple

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 flip1, flap, flabby

Words nearby fipple

Fionn, fiord, fiorin, fioritura, fippenny bit, fipple, fipple flute, fiqh, fir, Firbank, Firbolg
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Example sentences from the Web for fipple

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

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for fipple

fipple
/ (ˈfɪpəl) /

noun

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

Word Origin for fipple

C17: of unknown origin
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