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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.]

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shawm [ʃɔːm]

n

(Music / Instruments) Music a medieval form of the oboe with a conical bore and flaring bell, blown through a double reed

[C14 shalmye, from Old French chalemie, ultimately from Latin calamus a 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

Translations

shawm [ʃɔːm] N → chirimía f