fluting
NounSynonyms:
flute
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)Synonyms: flute
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Fluting \Flut"ing\, n. Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle. [1913 Webster]
Fluting iron, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called also Italian iron, or gaufering iron. --Knight.
Fluting lathe, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on balusters, table legs, etc. [1913 Webster]
1.To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute. [1913 Webster]
Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.— Emerson.[1913 Webster]
2.To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc. [1913 Webster]