Thesaurus: fluting

Related headwords

Definitions

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Flute
2. 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.
3. n. a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
4. 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. 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.
5. Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutescollectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting ofa lady's ruffle. 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 onbalusters, table legs, etc.
6. n:100 n a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) v form flutes in