Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flute \Flute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fluting}.]
   1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like
      that of a flute.

            Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic
            tenderness.                           --Tennyson.

            The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.      --Emerson.

   2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle,
      etc.

Fluting \Flut"ing\, n.
   Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes
   collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the
   fluting of a lady's ruffle.

   {Fluting iron}, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; -- called
      also {Italian iron}, or {gaufering iron}. --Knight.

   {Fluting lathe}, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on
      balusters, table legs, etc.

Source : WordNet®

fluting
     n : a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow
         concave groove on the shaft of a column [syn: {flute}]