1. A groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
   "The Doric column's fluting added an elegant touch to the building's facade";
   - flute
    
2. The act of playing a flute or making flute-like sounds
   "The gentle fluting of birds filled the morning air"

1. Form flutes in
   "The carpenter fluted the edges of the decorative column"

Derived forms: flutings

Type of: channel, crimp, groove, pinch

Encyclopedia: Fluting