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Definition of Hautboy

Hautboy
Hautboy Haut"boy, n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See Haughty, Bush; and cf. Oboe.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe. 2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).

Meaning of Hautboy from wikipedia

- spread throughout Europe, including Great Britain, where it was called hautboy, hoboy, hautboit, howboye, and similar variants of the French name. It...
- native to Europe. Its French name hautbois strawberry may be anglicised as hautboy strawberry. The plants are hardy and can survive in many weather conditions...
- (GB) 1705 Lister Turk (Tur) (unknown) (unknown) Hautboy Mare (GB) Hautboy (unknown) Grey Wilkes (GB) Hautboy (GB) Darcy's White Turk Royal Mare Miss Darcy's...
- 5S x 5D x 5D to the stallion Hautboy, meaning that he appears fourth generation once and fifth generation once (via Hautboy Mare)^ on the sire side of his...
- famous Mr Hendall: there being 40 voices, and about 160 violins, Trumpets, Hautboys, Kettle-Drums and B****' proportionable..! — Norwich Gazette, October 14...
- manuals for the oboe, with varying titles: The Compleat Tutor for the Hautboy (ca 1770), New and Complete Instructions for the Oboe or Hoboy (ca 1780)...
- (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Jeremy Montagu, "Shawm [shalme, hautboy, hoboy, wait-pipe]", The Oxford Companion to Music, edited by Alison Latham...
- Thoroughbred Sire Curwen's Bay Barb Dam Old Wen Mare (Sister to Clumsey) Damsire Hautboy **** Stallion Foaled c. 1700 Country Great Britain Colour Grey Breeder Sir...
- ability to play a half-dozen musical instruments including the dulcimer, hautboy, trumpet, and flute and several of his own invention. Buchinger was married...
- flanked on either side by street musicians: to her right a man plays a hautboy, metaphorically thumbing his nose at the violinist; and to her left a small...