flageolet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
    haricot.
  2. noun a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
    treble recorder; shepherd's pipe.

WordNet

Flag"eo*let` noun
Etymology
F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flajl (as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of flaüte, flahute, F. flte. See Flute.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.

Webster 1913