fipple

English

Cross-section of the head of a recorder, indicating the wooden fipple plug (A), a "ducted flue" windway (B), and the "labium" (C) which forms the far edge of the "voicing mouth"

Etymology

Perhaps related to Icelandic flipi (“the lip of a horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪpəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Noun

fipple (plural fipples)

1. (music) The mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway.

Further reading

• fipple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia