Flageolet /(?)/
Flag·eo·let
Flageolet
n.
- 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 It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. (Mus.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Flageolet tones
- the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.