English Explanatory Dictionary

block flute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flute stop on an organ of 4' or 2' that is imitative of a recorder.

Word forms

block flute block flutes Blockflöte

Etymology

Calque of German Blockflöte (“block flute”), so named for Blockflöte (“recorder”).

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