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en flute

en flute adjective: with some or all of her cannons removed.

Adjective

en flute (not comparable)

  1. With some or all of her cannons removed.

Forms of en flute

alternative formen flûte

Origin of en flute

From French en flûte; the empty ports on the hull of the ship look like the holes in a flute.

Questions about en flute

What does en flute mean?
En flute means with some or all of her cannons removed.
What part of speech is en flute?
En flute is an adjective.

Words near en flute in the dictionary

  1. en dashes
  2. en echelon
  3. en face
  4. en famille
  5. en femme
  6. en flute
  7. en garde
  8. en garçon
  9. en homme
  10. en mass
  11. en masse

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