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Definition of Fife rail

Fife rail
Fife Fife, n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf[=i]fa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe.] (Mus.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment. Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.

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- A fife rail is a design element of a European-style sailing ship used to belay the ship's halyards at the base of a mast. When surrounding a mast, a fife...
- The Fife Circle Line is the local rail service north from Edinburgh. It links towns of south Fife and the coastal towns along the Firth of Forth before...
- The Levenmouth rail link (also called the Leven rail link) is a recently reopened 5 miles (8 km) branch line railway in Fife, Scotland. The link connects...
- Fife (/faɪf/ FYFE, Scottish English: [fɐi̯f]; Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha [ˈfiːvə]; Scots: Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and...
- East Fife Football Club is a semi-professional football club established in 1903 in Methil, Fife, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional...
- through Fife, the A92, byp****es this area of Fife, the 4th largest conurbation, whereas Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes all have good road and rail connections...
- that serves as the terminus of the Levenmouth rail link, connecting the town of Leven, Fife with the Fife Circle Line. In December 2020 four options were...
- politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline and West Fife from the 2015 general election until he stood down at the 2024 general election...
- dismantled. Major relics from her are at various locations: Her wheel and fife rail are displa**** at the U.S. Navy Museum in Washington, D.C. A rowboat from...
- the northern tip of the River Leven Valley, to the west of Glenrothes in Fife. According to the po****tion estimates (2006), the village has a po****tion...