flageolet

Noun

Meaning

A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

haricot shepherd's pipe treble recorder reed ney piccolo fife serpent pipe recorder flute clarinet bassoon oboe tuba
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Hypernyms

recorder common bean fipple flute fipple pipe vertical flute

Hyponyms

tabor pipe

Phrases with the word

flageolet bean

Examples

Also the Vietnamese Đàn bầu functions on flageolet tones. Source: Internet

Notably, the diarist and naval administrator Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) and his wife were both amateur players of the flageolet, and Pepys was later an amateur recorder player. Source: Internet

Whistler's Pocket Companion By Dona Gilliam, Mizzy McCaskill The term flageolet is still preferred by some modern tin whistle who feel this better describes the instrument, as this characterises a wide variety of fipple flutes, including penny whistles. Source: Internet

This article will briefly discuss the duct flutes which have been presented as successors to the recorder: the English flageolet and the csakan, which were popular among amateurs in the second half of the 18th century, and the whole of the 19th. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Flagellostomias boureei flagellotropic flagellum flageolet bean flageolet register flageoletist