Fife /(fīf)/

Fife

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

Phrases & Compounds
Fife major
a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.
Fife rail
A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc.

Fife

v. i.

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

  1. To play on a fife.