hautboy
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haut·boy
also haut·bois (hō'boi', ō'boi') 
n., pl., -boys, also -bois (-boiz').
An oboe.
n., pl., -boys, also -bois (-boiz').
An oboe.
[French hautbois, from Old French : haut, high; see haughty + bois, wood (of Germanic origin).]
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Hautbois
‘Loud woodwind’: term for the smaller members of the shawm family, used in France and England after 1500; in the 17th century the name was taken into English as ‘oboe’.
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