HAUTBOY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hautboy mean? 

• HAUTBOY (noun)
  The noun HAUTBOY has 1 sense:

1. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

  Familiarity information: HAUTBOY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAUTBOY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hautbois; hautboy; oboe

Hypernyms ("hautboy" is a kind of...):

double-reed instrument; double reed (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hautboy"):

basset oboe; heckelphone (an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe)

musette pipe (a small simple oboe)

oboe da caccia (an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn)

oboe d'amore (an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music)

shawm (a medieval oboe)

 Context examples 

Morning decidedly the best time—never tired—every sort good—hautboy infinitely superior—no comparison—the others hardly eatable—hautboys very scarce—Chili preferred—white wood finest flavour of all—price of strawberries in London—abundance about Bristol—Maple Grove—cultivation—beds when to be renewed—gardeners thinking exactly different—no general rule—gardeners never to be put out of their way—delicious fruit—only too rich to be eaten much of—inferior to cherries—currants more refreshing—only objection to gathering strawberries the stooping—glaring sun—tired to death—could bear it no longer—must go and sit in the shade.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)