flageolet
1a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
any fipple flute.
Origin of flageolet
1Words Nearby flageolet
Other definitions for flageolet (2 of 2)
a green baby lima bean.
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How to use flageolet in a sentence
Julian could only bow obedience, and follow Empson, who was the same person that played so rarely on the flageolet.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottHe played extremely well on the Northumberland bagpipe, and his neighbour was a good performer on the flageolet.
Wanderings in South America | Charles WatertonNow the tale tells how Dom Manuel sat at the feet of the image and played upon a flageolet.
Figures of Earth | James Branch CabellDoes the young man accompany himself on the flageolet when he sings?
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de KockA beggar sings, looks piteously, plays his flageolet or harp, but never asks for money!
Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
British Dictionary definitions for flageolet (1 of 2)
/ (ˌflædʒəˈlɛt) /
a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes
Origin of flageolet
1British Dictionary definitions for flageolet (2 of 2)
flageolet bean
/ (ˈflædʒəˌleɪ) /
the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
Origin of flageolet
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