blockflute

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the fipple plug ("block") that constricts the mount of the instrument + flute. Corresponds to German Blockflöte, Dutch blokfluit, Danish blokfløjte, Swedish blockflöjt, Icelandic blokkflauta, Norwegian blokkfløyte.

Noun[edit]

blockflute (plural blockflutes)

  1. (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family constructed using a fipple plug; a recorder.

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