Definition of "fluting"

present participle and gerund of flute  examples

Making a sound like a flute.  examples

(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.  examples

The act of making such grooves.  examples

A flute-like sound.  examples

(fashion) A fluted pleat; a small, rounded or pressed pleat used as trimming on a garment.  examples

The erosional process by which a well-jointed coarse-grained rock, such as granite or gneiss, surface develops a set of flutes.  examples