Fipple

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fipple \Fip"ple\ (f[~e]r), 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. [Obs.] --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fipple
       n : a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a
           recorder)