German flute
nounEtymology From German + flute, likely because it originated in Germany.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Historical A transverse flute.
- He had made great progress in the gymnastic sciences of dancing, fencing and riding, played perfectly well on the German flute, and above all things valued himself upon a scrupulous observance of all the points of honour.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- One of the gentlemen played on the violin, and the other on the german-flute.1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction: