A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.
A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.
To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.
A column of snow stacked on a terrain feature such as a rock or on a near-vertical slope.
Vertical semi-cylindrical groove in pillar or column.
A flake removed longitudinally from the base of a projectile point to create a groove or channel to aide in hafting a shaft.
A rounded groove, often used to indicate one of the vertical parallel grooves in an architectural column
long thin flake removed from the base of a projectile point
A rounded concave groove.
A groove or channel, especially parallel groves used for architectural decoration. Folk Architecture - a building constructed by the common man without the help of an architect or master craftsman. Information on how to construct the building, appropriate size, what materials and tools to use, and how to use the tools is not recorded. Instead, it is passed verbally from generation to generation. Folk architecture is usually simple and practical. All Acadian Cottages are examples of folk architecture.
One of the long, parallel, rounded, decorative grooves on the shaft of a column or pilaster.
a rounded groove, specifically, one of the vertical parallel grooves on a classical architectural column
Smooth gutter-like channels or furrows on the face of a rock mass.
a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column
a small groove of a semicircular, segmental, or similar section
Vertical channel in the surface of a column.
a semicircular vertical groove in a pillar.
one of a series of channels running up the face of a column or frieze. Sometimes it is filled by a staff which runs up to one-third of the height of the column, and it is then said to be cabled or reeded.
a distinctive flake struck from the base toward the tip on one or both faces that flattens the point, making it fit more snugly on a spear shaft
A concave shallow groove that is routed into a wood surface. Fluting is usually applied vertically. Common use is to overlay on a cabinet stile or filler for a decorative effect.
A groove routed into a wood part. Flutes may have a functional purpose, as with fluted dowels, into which glue is disbursed, or a decorative purpose as in fluted fillers.
a channel on one or both sides of a point. Made by striking a flake off the base that aims toward the tip. Characteristic of Folsom and Clovis type points.
A long, narrow flake removed from a spear point to aid in the binding of the point to the spear shaft.
(or fluting) Vertical channeling, roughly semicircular in cross section and used pricipally on columns and pillasters.
A usually insecure fin or flake of rock or ice.
Rounded groove cut perpendicularly in columns, pilasters, legs, friezes, aprons, etc. The ridge between adjacent flutes is a fillet. See also Reeding.