Etymology

fipple

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Today it means: The mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.