Meaning & use
Fipple
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The narrow mouthpiece of a wind instrument, such as a recorder or whistle, that directs air against a sharp edge to produce sound.
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The maker carefully carved the fipple to give the recorder a clear tone.
Dust in the fipple was muffling the whistle's sound.
A note on using this word
Instruments built with this mechanism, like the recorder and tin whistle, are known as 'fipple flutes.'
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