ETYM French flageolet, dim. of Old Fren. flajoel, of flaüte, flahute, French flűte. Related to Flute.
1. A French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried; SYN. haricot.
2. A small fipple flute with with four finger holes and two thumb holes; SYN. treble recorder, shepherd's pipe.
Small flute or recorder with two thumb holes.
Small flutelike musical instrument.
Whistle flute of tapered bore popular in France and England as a town band instrument during the 17th–19th centuries.