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hautbois

[hoh-boi, oh-boi]

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noun, plural haut·bois.

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Examples from the Web for hautbois

Musettes de Poitou; probably the cornemuses used in concert with the Hautbois de Poitou.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
They danced in the castle courtyard, under our balcony, to the sound of hautbois and bagpipes.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete|Madame La Marquise De Montespan
Here the pdalle is the bass pommer, or hautbois, and the sackbut is indicated as second bass or basse-contre.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4|Various
The tubes of all the members of the hautbois family are straight in this drawing.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4|Various

There are others as beautiful as the sound of hautbois, and the sound itself is a colour which is like green corn.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier