flageolet

n. small flute (type of musical instrument)

A flageolet is a woodwind musical instrument and a member of the fipple flute family. The first flageolets were made in the 16th Century and the instrument continued to be made until the 20th Century when it was succeeded by the tin whistle.Flageolets have varied greatly during the last 400 years. The first flageolets were called "French flageolets", and have four tone-holes on the front and two on the back. This instrument was played by Frédéric Chalon and Samuel Pepys, and Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel both wrote pieces for it.
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Noun
1. a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
(synonym) haricot
(hypernym) common bean
2. a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
(synonym) treble recorder, shepherd's pipe
(hypernym) fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute

n. flageolet, small flute (type of musical instrument)

n. flageolet, small flute (type of musical instrument)