shawm

/ʃɔm/
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Other forms: shawms

Definitions of shawm
  1. noun
    a medieval oboe
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    types:
    bombard, bombardon
    a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
    type of:
    hautbois, hautboy, oboe
    a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
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