Ventage

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument. countable

    "Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music."

  2. 2
    Venting (the act by which something is vented) countable, uncountable

    "In some Madras examples which have been successful, the ventage in the under-sluices is about the same as that in the head-sluices above them."

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air holeair shaftairwayavenueblowholechannel

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"Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music."

Etymology

From vent + -age.

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