languette

American

[lang-gwet] / ˈlæŋ gwɛt /

noun

Music.

a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes.

Etymology

Origin of languette

1375–1425; late Middle English; variant of languet

Example Sentences

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Languette, lang′get, n. a 16th-century hood worn by women: the tongue of a reed of a harmonium or reed-organ: a key of a wind-instrument.

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