Definition of hautboys Hautboys
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What does hautboys mean?
Wiktionary 
- hautboys (Noun)
Plural of hautboy.
Part of speech
🔤- hautboys, noun, plural of hautboy.
WordNet
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| hautboy - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece | ||
| oboe, hautbois | ||
| double-reed instrument, double reed a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together | ||
| 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 | ||
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Wiktionary
- hautboy (Noun)
The oboe. - hautboy (Noun)
A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound. - hautboy (Noun)
A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior , having a musky flavour.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hautboy (n.)
A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe. - hautboy (n.)
A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hautboy
hō′boi, n. an older form of Oboe (q.v.): a large kind of strawberry. [Fr. hautbois—haut, high, bois, wood.]
Part of speech
🔤- hautboy, noun, singular of hautboys.
