Fipple \Fip"ple\ (f[~e]r), n. [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.]

A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.]

--Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

fipple

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Fipple \Fip"ple\ (f[~e]r), n. [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.]

A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.]

--Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)