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fipple

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fip⋅ple

  [fip-uhl]
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–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:
1620–30; perh. special use of dial. fipple loose lower lip, pouting lip; cf. ON flipi lower lip of a horse, Norw flipe flap, lappet. See flip 1 , flap, flabby
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fip·ple   (fĭp'əl)   
n.  

  1. A whistlelike mouthpiece for certain wind instruments, such as a recorder or flageolet, that channels the breath toward the sounding edge of a side opening.

  2. An object similar to a fipple in an organ pipe.


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