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schalmey

schalmey is the alternative form of schalmei.

Meaning of schalmei

Noun

schalmei (plural schalmeis)

  1. A shawm or chalumeau.
    • Viols, bassoons, schalmeis (ancestors of the clarinet), horns, trumpets, kettle-drums, and other instruments afterward used in the orchestra were known in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but there were no organizations of them.1908, The Literary Digest, page 415

Forms of schalmey

pluralschalmeys

Questions about schalmey

What is schalmey the alternative form of?
Schalmey is the alternative form of schalmei.

Words near schalmey in the dictionary

  1. Schaller
  2. schallerite
  3. Schallers
  4. schalmei
  5. schalmeis
  6. schalmey
  7. schalmeys
  8. Schama
  9. Schamas
  10. Schamber
  11. Schamberg disease

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