fipple


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fipple /ˈfɪp(ə)l/
noun the mouthpiece of a recorder or similar wind instrument which is blown endways, in which a thin channel cut through a block directs a stream of air against a sharp edge.
– origin C17: perh. rel. to Icelandic flipi ‘horse's lip’.
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