hautbois

American  

[hoh-boi, oh-boi] / ˈhoʊ bɔɪ, ˈoʊ bɔɪ /

noun

plural

hautbois

1. hautboy.

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Example Sentences

Here the p�dalle is the bass pommer, or hautbois, and the sackbut is indicated as second bass or basse-contre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

I rather pleased Jones by saying that the hautbois was the clarionet with a cold in its head, and the bassoon the same with a cold on its chest.

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel

We must await some more conclusive explanation, but we may suppose that the new name was bestowed when the instrument assumed a form entirely new to the family of hautbois or oboes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

If he saw there any one playing on the hautbois, the rebeck, or the bagpipes, he would, for a patard, have them teach him the way to make music on these instruments.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

Deeds exist creating charges for four hautbois and musettes de Poitou in the hand of King John, middle of 14th century, see p.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various