What is another word for hautboy?

Pronunciation: [hˈɔːtbɔ͡ɪ] (IPA)

The word "hautboy" has different synonyms that can be used to refer to the same musical instrument. Some of these synonyms include "oboe," "shawm," "reedpipe," and "windcap instrument." The term "oboe" is derived from the French word "hautbois," which means "high wood" and refers to the instrument's high-pitched sound. A shawm is a medieval version of the hautboy, and the reedpipe is a simple version of the instrument that is commonly used in folk music. The term "windcap instrument" is used to describe the instrument's wooden mouthpiece that is capped with a reed. All of these words can be used interchangeably to refer to the same musical instrument known as the hautboy.

What are the hypernyms for Hautboy?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Hautboy

Here were heard the carousals of the Round Table; from those very stables the caparisoned horses came prancing out for the tournament; through that gateway strong, weak, heroic, mean, splendid, Queen Elizabeth advanced to the castle, while the waters of the lake gleamed under torchlights, and the battlements were aflame with rockets; and cornet, and hautboy, and trumpet poured their music on the air; and goddesses glided out from the groves to meet her; and from turret to foundation Kenilworth trembled under a cannonade, and for seventeen days, at a cost of five thousand dollars a day, the festival was kept.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
Besides the castanets, they have a rude drum, consisting of a piece of skin stretched over the mouth of a large calabash, brought from Soudan, which makes a low hollow sound: to these is added occasionally a rude squeaking hautboy.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
She was, as formerly, the "unmarried" daughter of the hautboy-player, the favorite and friend of the crown prince; the same as two years previous, when he presented her before the Bavarian campaign, with this house and There was no change in her outward circumstances; her life passed regularly and calmly.
"Old Fritz and the New Era"
Louise Muhlbach

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