WordNet
n. a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown [syn: flute]
Wikipedia
A transverse flute or side-blown flute is a flute which is held horizontally when played. The player blows across the embouchure hole, in a direction perpendicular to the flute's body length.
Transverse flutes include the Western classical flutes, the Indian classical flutes (the bansuri and the venu), the Chinese dizi, the Western fife, a number of Japanese fue, and Korean flutes such as Daegeum, Junggeum and Sogeum.
Usage examples of "transverse flute".
Salamone produced a short transverse flute and wove a melody of his own through the spaces in Kurtz's tune.
The sweet melody provided by strings and a transverse flute made her feel curiously wistful.