fluting

[ UK /flˈuːtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
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  • I really like the spiral fluting. .make mine a stainless in 300 Wby, 24 inch barrel, a checkered nutmeg stock with blackened forend tip and a limbsaver or pachmyr pad .. Best New Rifle 2009: E.R.
  • Leaves, rocks, shells, fish scales, all vanished in favour of a few urn-like finials, a hint of metope or columnar fluting, or the suggestion of a pediment.
  • The lip and base have the favorite ovolo moulding; the body has two rows of fluting separated by a transverse band, charged with leaves, and with a swan in the centre. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
  • We could clearly hear the high fluting voice of Toni, and the calmer, flatter tones of Sid.
  • Leaves, rocks, shells, fish scales, all vanished in favour of a few urn-like finials, a hint of metope or columnar fluting, or the suggestion of a pediment.
  • Each sought to wound the other's pride, but their sweet fluting pierced only the evening silence.
  • The strigillation, or curvilinear fluting, of the frieze immediately below the Pantheon-domed roof is a type of enrichment associated with classical sarcophagi.
  • The steel columns are expressed: cruciform in shape, a modern fluting effect, they are chrome-plated.
  • When you're alone in the Polo Lounge, the fluting tones of Australia's greatest son beckon you home like a lighthouse.
  • The stock features light fluting along each side of the comb's nose, and is fitted with a steel buttplate so typical of the pre-war period.
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