diple

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διπλῆ (diplê), from διπλοῦς (diploûs).

Noun

diple (plural diples or diplae)

1. A mark once used in margins to draw attention to something in text.
2. (music) A traditional woodwind instrument used in Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin music.
   • 2014, Jasmina Talam, Folk Musical Instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, page 190:

     That is why players prefer to play the diple with bellows, because the bellows makes it possible for them to play continuously.

Alternative forms

• (music) dvojnice, dvojanke

Anagrams

• lepid, piled, pleid, plied