HAUTBOIS

oboe, hautboy, hautbois

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hautbois (plural hautbois)

Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.

Synonym: oboe

Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

Source: Wiktionary



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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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