hautboy

== English == === Alternative forms === haut-boy (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautbois. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊˌbɔɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊˌbɔɪ/ Rhymes: -əʊbɔɪ === Noun === hautboy (plural hautboys) (dated, music) An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument. 1694, uncredited translator, The Voyage into Spitzbergen and Greenland by Friderich Martens in An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries to the South and North, London: Sam Smith and Benjamin Walford, Chapter 1, p. 12,[1] When after this manner any have lost their Ships, and cannot be seen, they discharge a Cannon from the Ship, or sound the Trumpets, or Haut-boys, according as they are provided in their Ships, that the men that are lost may find their Ship again. 1816, William Hazlitt, “Theatrical Debuts,” The Examiner, 20 October, 1816, in A. R. Waller and Arnold Glover (eds.), The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, London: J.M. Dent, 1903, p. 341,[3] The notes proceed from her mouth as mechanically, as unmitigated by the sentiment, as if they came from the sharp hautboy or grating bassoon. (music) A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound. A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavor. ==== Derived terms ==== hautboyist ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: гобой (goboj)→ Armenian: հոբոյ (hoboy)→ Azerbaijani: qoboy→ Georgian: ჰობოი (hoboi)→ Kazakh: гобой (goboi) === Anagrams === Hout Bay