From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flageolet
n 1: a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually
dried [syn: haricot]
2: a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb
holes [syn: treble recorder, shepherd's pipe]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flageolet \Flag"eo*let`\, n. [F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj?l
(as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of fla["u]te, flahute, F.
fl?te. See Flute.] (Mus.)
A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a
mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound,
softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have
superseded the old recorder.
[1913 Webster]
Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones
of stringed instruments.
[1913 Webster]