shawm

shawm  (shôm)

n.

Any of various early double-reed wind instruments, forerunners of the modern oboe.

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[Middle English schalme, from Old French chalemie, alteration of chalemel, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus, reed, from Greek kalamos.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shawm - a medieval oboe bombard, bombardon - a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family hautbois, hautboy, oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece