'Fluting' definitions:
Definition of 'fluting'
(from WordNet)
noun
A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) [syn: flute, fluting]
Definition of 'Fluting'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Fluting'
From: GCIDE
- Flute \Flute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluting.]
- 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]