octave flute

English

Noun

octave flute (plural octave flutes)

A flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
Synonym: piccolo
A flute stop in an organ pitched an octave higher than the standard pitch.

Hypernyms

(high-pitched flute stop in an organ): organ stop

References

“octave flute, n.” under “octave, n.2 and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.

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