double-reed

[ duhb-uhl-reed ]

adjectiveMusic.
  1. of or relating to wind instruments producing sounds through two reeds fastened and beating together, as the oboe.

Origin of double-reed

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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British Dictionary definitions for double-reed

double-reed

adjective
  1. relating to or denoting a wind instrument in which the sounds are produced by air passing over two reeds that vibrate against each other

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