hautbois

haut·boy also haut·bois  (hboi, boi)

n. pl. haut·boys also haut·bois (-boiz)

An oboe.

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[French hautbois, from Old French : haut, high; see haughty + bois, wood (of Germanic origin).]

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hautbois - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece hautboy, oboe double reed, double-reed instrument - 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 shawm - a medieval oboe