languette

[ lang-gwet ]

noun

, Music.

1. a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of languette¹

1375–1425; late Middle English; variant of languet

Example Sentences

Languette, lang′get, n. a 16th-century hood worn by women: the tongue of a reed of a harmonium or reed-organ: a key of a wind-instrument.

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