: a metal organ flue stop of usually 4′ pitch resembling the recorder in tone
History and Etymology for Blockflöte
German, from block block of wood (from Low German, from Middle Low German) + flöte flute, from Middle High German vloite, flöute, from Middle Dutch flūte, fleute, floite, from Old French flaüte, fleute; akin to Old High German bloh block
