Fipple Flute (Noun)
Meaning
A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The traditional shepherd's instrument of choice was a simple fipple flute made from a hollow reed.
- As she wandered through the forest, she came across a beautiful wooden fipple flute half-hidden in the underbrush.
- In ancient cultures, the fipple flute was a popular instrument for playing lively folk dances.
- He picked up the fipple flute and began to play a mournful tune that echoed across the moor.
- The artisan spent hours carefully crafting a fipple flute from a single piece of intricately carved bamboo.