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hautboy

[ hoh-boi, oh-boi ]

hautboy

/ ˈəʊ²úɔɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledhautbois strawberryhauboisˈəʊ²úɔɪ a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with large fruit
  2. an archaic word for oboe
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hautboy1

1565–75; < Middle French hautbois, equivalent to haut high ( haughty ) + bois wood ( bush 1 )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hautboy1

C16: from French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood, of Germanic origin; see bush 1
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On the other side of the room, two players were dancing a jig to a time played on an hautboy.

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The king and his courtiers dined to the music of timbrels, trumpets, and hautboys, and he reviewed his troops in the presence of carriages full of fair faces.

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His father was a musician employed as hautboy player in the Hanoverian guard.

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Besides the buglers, a corps of drummers formed the other part of each military band, together with players upon the hautboys, Chinese fifes, and serpent horns.

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"More music in the clink of her horses' hoofs than twenty hautboys."

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