hautbois

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Definition of hautbois

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Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

“Then [her voice] became a little louder, and sounded like a flute or a distant hautbois.”

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Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.

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