Definitions for: Fife


[n] a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band



Webster (1913) Definition: Fife, n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[=i]fa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare
to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip,
chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe.] (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. (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.


Fife, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n.
fifing.]
To play on a fife.

See Also: flute, transverse flute

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