FIFE

n. & v.

--n.

1. a kind of small shrill flute used with the drum in military music.

2 its player.

--v.

1. intr. play the fife.

2 tr. play (an air etc.) on the fife.

Derivatives:

fifer n.

Etymology: G Pfeife PIPE, or F fifre f. Swiss G Pfifre piper