fluting

Definition of Fluting in English :

1. flute, fluting

a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fluting

noun

1.

a design or decoration of flutes on a column, pilaster, etc

2.

grooves or furrows, as in cloth

noun

1.

a decoration consisting of long, rounded grooves, as in a column

2.

such grooves or the act of making them

3.

the act of playing the flute or singing, etc. in a flutelike tone

n.

1.

a. Architecture A decorative motif consisting of a series of uniform, usually vertical flutes, as those incised in the surface of a column.

b. The act of incising or making grooves.

2. The grooves formed by narrow pleats in cloth, as in a ruffle.