What does hautboy mean in crosswords?

hautboy means: a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

Which crossword clues can have hautboy as the answer?

Possible clues for hautboy include "Baroque double reed".

Word entry · 7 letters

Best crossword clue

"Baroque double reed"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈhəʊˌbɔɪ/Part of speech nounSorted abhotuyStarts with HEnds with Y1 clues

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a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

From Middle French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautbois.

“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 […]”
“[…] 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.”
““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.””

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