hautboy

[ hoh-boi, oh-boi ]

noun

1. oboe ¹( def 1 ).

hautboy

/ ˈəʊbɔɪ /

noun

1. Also calledhautbois strawberryhauboisˈəʊbɔɪ a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with large fruit
2. an archaic word for oboe

Other Words From

• hautboy·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hautboy¹

1565–75; < Middle French hautbois, equivalent to haut high ( haughty ) + bois wood ( bush ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of hautboy¹

C16: from French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood, of Germanic origin; see bush ¹

Example Sentences

On the other side of the room, two players were dancing a jig to a time played on an hautboy.

From Literature

The king and his courtiers dined to the music of timbrels, trumpets, and hautboys, and he reviewed his troops in the presence of carriages full of fair faces.

From Project Gutenberg

His father was a musician employed as hautboy player in the Hanoverian guard.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides the buglers, a corps of drummers formed the other part of each military band, together with players upon the hautboys, Chinese fifes, and serpent horns.

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"More music in the clink of her horses' hoofs than twenty hautboys."

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