Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hautboy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hautboy \Haut"boy\, n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high
+ bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See
{Haughty}, {Bush}; and cf. {Oboe}.]
1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and
similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone.
Now more commonly called {oboe}. See Illust. of {Oboe}.
2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ({Fragaria elatior}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hautboy
n : a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical
bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: {oboe}, {hautbois}]
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