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bombardon
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bom·bar·don  (bmbr-dn, bm-bärdn)
n.
1. A brass instrument resembling a tuba but with a lower pitch; a bass or contrabass tuba.
2. A 16- or 32-foot reed stop on an organ.
[French, from Italian bombardone, augmentative of bombardo, alteration of bombarda, bombard, from Medieval Latin; see bombard.]
bombardon [ˈbɒmbədən bɒmˈbɑːdən]
n
1. (Music / Instruments) a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
2. (Music / Instruments) a 16-foot bass reed stop on an organ
[from Italian bombardone; see bombard]
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Noun1.bombardon - a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musicianbombardon - a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
helicon
bass horn, sousaphone, tuba - the lowest brass wind instrument
2.bombardon - a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
bombard
bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
shawm - a medieval oboe
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It was also decided to moor a number of 200ft long floating cruciform steel structures called Bombardons, secured end to end to give shelter to a deep water anchorage set up on the seaward side of the Phoenixes.
D-Day factsa by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
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It was also decided to moor a number of 200ft long floating cruciform steel structures called Bombardons, secured end to end to give shelter to a deep water anchorage set up on the seaward side of the Phoenixes.
D-Day facts by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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