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fipple

UK/ˈfɪpəl/ US/ˈfɪpʌl/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

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

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