HAUTBOY

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hautboy mean? 

• HAUTBOY (noun)
  The noun HAUTBOY has 1 sense:

1. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

  Familiarity information: HAUTBOY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAUTBOY (noun)

Meaning:

A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hautbois; hautboy; oboe

Hypernyms ("hautboy" is a kind of...):

double reed; double-reed instrument (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hautboy"):

basset oboe; heckelphone (a oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe)

musette pipe (a small simple oboe)

oboe da caccia (an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn)

oboe d'amore (a oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music)

shawm (a medieval oboe)