hautboy
noun/ˈhəʊˌbɔɪ/UK/ˈhoʊˌbɔɪ/US
Etymology
From Middle French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautbois.
- borrowed from hautbois
Definitions
An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
- I […] told John a Gaunt he beat his own name; for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an eel-skin; the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for him, a court […]
A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound.
A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavor.
- In May we have strawberries, which continue in season two or three months. These are of the wood kind; very grateful, and of a good flavour; but the scarlets and hautboys are not known at Nice.
- “The best fruit in England—every body’s favourite—always wholesome.—These the finest beds and finest sorts. […] every sort good—hautboy infinitely superior—no comparison—the others hardly eatable—hautboys very scarce […]”
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA