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fife [faɪf] N

fife

fife

ма́ленькая фле́йта f

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Bands of fifes and drums were regularly at the head of regimental parades and ceremonies of the infantry regiments. en.wikipedia.org

In the following playing time 20013/2014 the sharks finished the main round on rank fife. en.wikipedia.org

Fife later showed that hydrox would allow divers to descend and work at great depths. en.wikipedia.org

Some nineteenth-century fifes had a key pressed by the little finger of the right hand in place of a seventh finger hole. en.wikipedia.org

Along with this new fife a number of fingering changes were suggested to take full advantage of the improved design. en.wikipedia.org

These fifes were not otherwise available to the public. en.wikipedia.org

The fife was a wooden pipe with six finger holes used with the drum in marching formations. en.wikipedia.org

According to some reports, a band of fifes and drums can be heard up to 3 miles away over artillery fire. en.wikipedia.org

The term apparently derives from the location where the ship's fifer would sit and play his fife at heaving of the ship's anchor. en.wikipedia.org

This tuning irregularity is part of the unique sound of the fife. en.wikipedia.org

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