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chalumeaux

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chal⋅u⋅meau

[shal-yuh-moh; Fr. sha-ly-moh]
–noun, plural -meaux [-mohz, Fr. -moh] .
1. Music. the low register of the clarinet.
2. a 17th- or 18th-century woodwind instrument.

Origin:
1705–15; < F: orig., flute made from a reed, stem of a reed; OF chalemel < LL calamellus narrow reed; see calamus, -elle
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