'Fluting lathe' definitions:
Definition of 'Fluting lathe'
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]