hautbois

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
  2. Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

Word forms

hautbois

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.

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