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flageolet

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flag·eo·let  (flj-lt, -l)
n.
A small flutelike instrument with a cylindrical mouthpiece, four finger holes, and two thumbholes.
[French, diminutive of Old French flajol, flute, from Vulgar Latin *flbeolum, possibly alteration of Latin flbellum, diminutive of flbrum, gust of wind, from flre, to blow; see bhl- in Indo-European roots.]
flageolet [flaj-a-let]
Noun
a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family [French]
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Noun1.flageolet - a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
haricot
common bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
2.flageoletflageolet - a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
treble recorder, shepherd's pipe
fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute, recorder - a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
tabor pipe - a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor


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The band consisted of a fiddle, a clarionet, and a flageolet from the Blind Asylum.
Facino Cane by de Balzac, Honore View in context
In the smaller public-houses, fiddles with all their might and main were squeaking out the tune to staggering feet; drunken men, oblivious of the burden of their song, joined in a senseless howl, which drowned the tinkling of the feeble bell and made them savage for their drink; vagabond groups assembled round the doors to see the stroller woman dance, and add their uproar to the shrill flageolet and deafening drum.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
At night, mere ordinary acquaintances were bidden, and dancing went on till very late, formerly to the music of one violin, but for the last six years Monsieur Godard, who was a great flute player, contributed the piercing tones of a flageolet to the festivity.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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