fife : Idioms & Phrases


Fife major

  • (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.
Webster 1913

Fife rail

  • noun the railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel
WordNet
  • . (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.
Webster 1913