hautboy

[ hoh-boi, oh-boi ]

/ ˈhoʊ bɔɪ, ˈoʊ bɔɪ /

oboe¹(def 1).

Origin of hautboy

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

haut·boy·ist, noun

Another hostelry, frequented by golfers, is the Hautboy of Ockham, birthplace of the scholastic theologian of that ilk.

Surrey |A.R. Hope Moncrieff
I have added a short recitative with hautboy and bassoon, for here recitative is much liked.

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1 |Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Poor Hautboy almost cried as he gave this account of his own misfortune.

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
The "sacrificium Deo spiritus" being an aria andante for Raaff, with a hautboy and a bassoon solo obligato.

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1 |Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Next in this poem which affords such a wonderful study for tone-color we have the hautboy's message.

Vocal Expression |Katherine Jewell Everts

hautboy

/ (ˈəʊbɔɪ) /

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

an archaic word for oboe

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