octave flute

English

Noun

octave flute (plural octave flutes)

1. A flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

   Synonym: piccolo

2. A flute stop in an organ pitched an octave higher than the standard pitch.

Hypernyms

• (high-pitched flute stop in an organ): organ stop

References

• “octave flute, n.” under “octave, n.2 and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.