hautbois

[ hoh-boi, oh-boi ]

/ ˈhoʊ bɔɪ, ˈoʊ bɔɪ /

hautboy.

Words nearby hautbois

Musettes de Poitou; probably the cornemuses used in concert with the Hautbois de Poitou.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 |Various
They danced in the castle courtyard, under our balcony, to the sound of hautbois and bagpipes.

The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete |Madame La Marquise De Montespan
Here the pdalle is the bass pommer, or hautbois, and the sackbut is indicated as second bass or basse-contre.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various
The tubes of all the members of the hautbois family are straight in this drawing.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various

There are others as beautiful as the sound of hautbois, and the sound itself is a colour which is like green corn.

Charles Baudelaire, His Life |Thophile Gautier