Flageol

Flageol [Lat. flabeolum, flute, an assumed etymon], OFr.: flageolet, the pipe of the *pipe and tabor ensemble. The word occurs from ca. 1180 to the mid-nth c., at which time it was a *beaked flute, sometimes played in pairs. See: flageolet (197, 204). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Wartburg, Walther von. Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 1928. Wright, Rowland. Dictionnaire des instruments de musique. London, 1941.