hautboy

[ hoh-boi, oh-boi ]

/ ˈhoʊ bɔɪ, ˈoʊ bɔɪ /

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noun

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Origin of hautboy

1565–75; <Middle French hautbois, equivalent to haut high (see haughty) + bois wood (see bush¹)

OTHER WORDS FROM hautboy

haut·boy·ist, noun

Words nearby hautboy

haustellum, haustorium, haustration, haustrum, hautbois, hautboy, haute, haute couture, haute cuisine, haute école, Haute-Garonne

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How to use hautboy in a sentence

Barthelemon was leader of the band; Fisher played the hautboy; and Mr. Hook was conductor and composer.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume|Joseph Grego
At fourteen, he was playing a hautboy in his father's band and practising on the violin at spare times.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12|Elbert Hubbard
In the second subscription-concert, we heard Herr Flad, who performed an hautboy-concerto in a very brilliant manner.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr
Of the orchestral players the drum was the noisiest; though the hautboy and the piccolo were every whit as emphatic.
The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II|James H. Mapleson

Cornet, Hautboy, and Viol d'Amore had quite stopped worrying about their journey, and about what they should do in the future.
The Blue Rose Fairy Book|Maurice Baring

British Dictionary definitions for hautboy

hautboy

/ (ˈəʊbɔɪ) /

noun

Also called: hautbois strawberry, haubois (ˈəʊbɔɪ) a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with large fruit

an archaic word for oboe

Word Origin for hautboy

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

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