fluting

fluting

1. present participle and gerund of flute

fluting (not comparable)

1. Making a sound like a flute.

fluting (plural flutings)

1. (architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
2. The act of making such grooves.
3. A flute-like sound.
4. (fashion) A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.
5. The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.