floute

Middle English

Alternative forms

• floyte, flowte, fleute, flote, floite, fflott, ffloute, ffleute

Etymology

From Old French flaute, fleute.

Noun

floute (plural floutes or flouten)

1. A reedless woodwind instrument sounded by air passing over an opening; a flute.

Synonyms

• fristel
• pipe

Related terms

• flouter
• flouten

Descendants

• English: flute
• Irish: fliúit
• Scots: fluit

See also

• shalmuse, shalmye

References

• “floute (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.