shawm in English

noun
1
a medieval and Renaissance wind instrument, forerunner of the oboe, with a double reed enclosed in a wooden mouthpiece, and having a penetrating tone.
The double reed consists of two blades of cane bound together (or a single blade folded over and cut at the fold to separate the two blades) so that they beat against each other, as on shawms , oboes, and bassoons.

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1. A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family Familiarity information: Bombardon used as a noun is rare.

2. Chasmy chiasm cham champ chiasma shawm shame sham chacma chammy

3. Bombarde, double-reed wind instrument belonging to the oboe or shawm family

4. By that time, however, the Bassoon had already emerged in Germany as a refinement, much as the oboe refined the shawm.

5. Bombarde definition: an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm , used mainly in Breton Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

6. The musical instruments that could be described as ancestors of the Bassoon were developed in the 16th century, and include the shawm, the rankett, and the

7. ‘The biniou is usually heard in duet with a rustic shawm (the Bombarde).’ More example sentences ‘The most popular Breton folk instruments are the biniou (a small bagpipe) and the Bombarde…