hautboy

[ hoh-boi, oh-boi ]

/ ˈhoʊ bɔɪ, ˈoʊ bɔɪ /

noun

oboe¹ (def. 1).

Origin of hautboy

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

OTHER WORDS FROM hautboy

haut·boy·ist, noun

Words nearby hautboy

haustellum, haustorium, haustration, haustrum, hautbois, hautboy, haute, haute couture, haute cuisine, haute école, Haute-Garonne

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Example sentences from the Web for hautboy

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

British Dictionary definitions for hautboy

hautboy

/ (ˈəʊbɔɪ) /

noun

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

an archaic word for oboe

Word Origin for hautboy

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

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单词	hautboy
释义	hautboy [ hoh-boi, oh-boi ] / ˈhoʊ bɔɪ, ˈoʊ bɔɪ / noun oboe¹ (def. 1). Origin of hautboy 1565–75; <Middle French hautbois, equivalent to haut high (see haughty) + bois wood (see bush¹) OTHER WORDS FROM hautboy haut·boy·ist, noun Words nearby hautboy haustellum, haustorium, haustration, haustrum, hautbois, hautboy, haute, haute couture, haute cuisine, haute école, Haute-Garonne Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hautboy 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 British Dictionary definitions for hautboy hautboy / (ˈəʊbɔɪ) / noun Also called: hautbois strawberry, haubois (ˈəʊbɔɪ) a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with large fruit an archaic word for oboe Word Origin for hautboy C16: from French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood, of Germanic origin; see bush 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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