Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.