flageolet

¹ American  

[flaj-uh-let, -ley] / ˌflædʒ əˈlɛt, -ˈleɪ /

noun

1. a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.

2. any fipple flute.

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flageolet ² American  

[fla-zhaw-le] / fla ʒɔˈlɛ /

noun

French.

plural

flageolets

1. a green baby lima bean.

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flageolet ¹ British  

/ ˌflædʒəˈlɛt /

noun

1. a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes

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flageolet ² British  

/ ˈflædʒəˌleɪ /

noun

1. the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable

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Etymology

Origin of flageolet

1650–60; < French, spelling variant of Old French flajolet, equivalent to flajol flute (< Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, derivative of Latin flāre to blow ² ) + -et -et

Example Sentences

The tone is the true flute tone, brilliant and sympathetic.54 The old English fipple flute, or fl�te � bec, is described under the headings Recorder and Flageolet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Du Vall takes the Hint, plays also, and excellently well, upon a Flageolet of his own, and in this Posture he rides up to the Coachside.

From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

Flageolet, flaj′o-let, n. the modern form of the old flute-�-bec, or straight flute, the simplest kind of which is the tin whistle with six holes.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The White Flageolet is very productive, and is recommended for cultivation: the young pods are crisp and tender, and the seeds, green or ripe, are farinaceous, and remarkable for delicacy of flavor.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

Write me what you want with a Flageolet and I will get one ready for you by the time you come.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John