hautbois
Americannoun
plural
hautboisExample Sentences
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My band consisted of a man who played on the zourna, or hautbois, a performer on the tambourine, and two who sang.
From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James
This, however, proves only that the name was not familiar in France, where the oboe of the same pitch was called haute-contre de hautbois.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
This pyramid, then, with twenty or thirty porcelain dishes, was so completely upset at the door, that the noise it made put to silence the violins, hautbois, and trumpets.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert
The hall resounded with the sprightly violin and the martial hautbois.
From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John
It was they who gave us the dulcimer, the hautbois and the guitar; it was they who invented the serenade.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl
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