fipple Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Fip"ple noun
Etymology
perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.
Definitions
  1. A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. Obs. Bacon.

Webster 1913