fife

2 definitions • 3 examples

a small flute (= a tube-shaped musical instrument held out sideways) with a high sound, used in military music:

He played The Battle Hymn of the Republic on a fife.

an area of east central Scotland that was a council until 1975 and one of nine local government regions until 1996. It is now a council area (= an area with its own local government):

Emmet grew up in Fife.

Cupar is a small market town in Fife.