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Ventage

Ventage \Vent"age\, n. A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.
--Shak.

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ventage

n. a puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument

Usage examples of "ventage".

One of the sailors has pursed his lips against a woodwind, his fingers and thumb governing, shall we say, the ventages, whereupon, giving it breath, let us say, with his mouth, it, the pipe, discourses, as the saying goes, most eloquent music.

The stock has six or seven ventages on the upper side, and one back-ventage, like the common flute.

It is typically a back street of the business of a city, that is, the ventages of its buildings are darkened most often by packing cases and bales.

One of the sailors has pursed his lips against a woodwind, his fingers and thumb governing, shall we say, the ventages, whereupon, giving it breath, let us say, with his mouth, it, the pipe, discourses, as the saying goes, most eloquent music.