Fife

Definition of Fife

Pronunciation: fīf

n.

1.

(Mus.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.

Fife major
(Mil.) a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.

Fife rail
a -	(Naut.) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc.
b -	A railing around the break of a poop deck.

v. i.

1.

To play on a fife.

[imp. & p. p. Fifed ; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.]

Related Words

English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, bagpipe, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, blow, blow a horn, bombard, bugle, carillon, clarinet, clarion, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cromorne, doodle, double bassoon, double reed, double-tongue, fipple flute, flageolet, flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, licorice stick, lip, musette, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, panpipe, penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe, pommer, recorder, reed, reed instrument, sax, saxophone, shawm, single reed, single-reed instrument, sonorophone, sound, sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tenoroon, tin-whistle, tongue, toot, tootle, triple-tongue, trumpet, tweedle, whistle, wind, wind the horn, woods, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind instrument

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