hautboy
UK/ˈhəʊˌbɔɪ/US/ˈhoʊˌbɔɪ/
hautboy noun: an oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
Noun
hautboy (plural hautboys)
- An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
- I […] told John a Gaunt he beat his own name; for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an eel-skin; the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for him, a court […]c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
- [W]ee would that the voice and dialect of the propheteſſe Pythia, reſembling the ſpeech of a Chorus in a tragedie from a ſcaffold, ſhould pronounce her anſwers not in ſimple, plaine, and triviall termes, without any grace to ſet them out, but with Poeticall magnificence of high and ſtately verſes...1603, Plutarch, “Why the Prophetesse Pythia Giveth No Answers Now from the Oracle in Verse or Meeter”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […]...
- A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound.
- A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavor.
- In May we have strawberries, which continue in season two or three months. These are of the wood kind; very grateful, and of a good flavour; but the scarlets and hautboys are not known at Nice.1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, London: R. Baldwin, Volume 1, Letter 19, pp. 304-305
- “The best fruit in England—every body’s favourite—always wholesome.—These the finest beds and finest sorts. […] every sort good—hautboy infinitely superior—no comparison—the others hardly eatable—hautboys very scarce […]”1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 6, in Emma: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC
hautboy meaning in Tamil
hautboy in Tamil
- உயரமான பழச்செடி வகை
Examples of hautboy in a sentence
- […] even in a hautboy song, or any other where a particular instrument may have an obligato accompaniment, the voice ought to be every where assisted, but no where eclipsed.1788, Charles Dibdin, The Musical Tour of Mr. Dibdin, Sheffield, Letter 48, p. 197:
- “Well, this is a bad night altogether for them that have done well in their time; and if I were ever such a dab at the hautboy or tenor-viol, I shouldn’t have the heart to play tunes upon ’em now.”1878, Thomas Hardy, chapter 7, in The Return of the Native, volume 3, London: Smith, Elder, page 69:
- So when they said yea to this, he called to him his player on the theorbo and his player on the hautboy, and commanded them saying, “Play me a solemn music.”1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:
Forms of hautboy
| plural | hautboys |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | haut-boy |
Origin of hautboy
From Middle French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautbois.
Words formed from hautboy
Words that rhyme with hautboy
Questions about hautboy
- What does hautboy mean?
- Hautboy means an oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
- What is hautboy in Tamil?
- Hautboy in Tamil is உயரமான பழச்செடி வகை. See Hautboy meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use hautboy in a sentence?
- […] even in a hautboy song, or any other where a particular instrument may have an obligato accompaniment, the voice ought to be every where assisted, but no where eclipsed.
- What part of speech is hautboy?
- Hautboy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hautboy?
- Hautboy is pronounced /ˈhəʊˌbɔɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hautboy?
- The plural of hautboy is hautboys.
Words near hautboy in the dictionary
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