Flutes are decorative vertical grooves placed in a wood surface such as a baluster or newels.
The vertical grooves cut into the shaft of a column.
Straight or spiral grooves between the cutting faces of a tap, reamer or drill bit. The flutes provide for the clearance of removed material.
A series of groves or troughs cut in the cylinder of a revolver in order to reduce weight. The flutes are on the outside of the cylinder and run parallel to the chamber.
The vertical channels employed in the shaft of columns in the classic styles. The flutes are separated one from the other by an arris in the Greek Doric and early Ionic orders, and by a fillet in the developed Ionic and Corinthian orders. Back
a series of semi-circular ornamental grooves, which terminate before the end of a post or leg.
Helical or straight grooves cut or formed in the body of the drill to provide cutting lips, to permit removal of chips, and to allow cutting fluid to reach the cutting lips.
Wave shapes pressed into the corrugated medium. They form the columns and arches that give corrugated board its strength. Common Flutes are A, B, C, CB, and E.
A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a pilaster, jambs or entablature, for example.
Hollows cut perpendicularly in columns, pilasters, legs, friezes, aprons, etc. Good flutes are close together and deep, with a sharply scooped curve for the ending. The ridge between the flutes is a fillet.