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hautboy

[hoh-boi, oh-boi]

Origin

noun

oboe.

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

Related forms

haut·boy·ist, noun

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hautboy (ˈəʊbɔɪ)

—n
1.	hautbois strawberry, Also called: haubois a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with large fruit
2.	an archaic word for oboe

[C16: from French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood, of Germanic origin; see bush¹]

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hautboy

1575, from Fr. hautbois "high wood" (see oboe).

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"This Pageaunt waz clozd vp with a delectable harmony of Hautboiz, Shalmz, Coronets, and such oother looud muzik." [Robert Laneham, 1575]

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