About The Word Shawm
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Shawm
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What's The Definition Of Shawm?
[n] a medieval oboe
Synonyms | Synonyms for Shawm: Related Terms | Find terms related to Shawm: See Also | bombard | bombardon | hautbois | hautboy | oboe Shawm In Webster's Dictionary \Shawm\, n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau
shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed
pipe. See {Haulm}, and cf. {Calumet}.] (Mus.)
A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have
resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
[Written also {shalm}, {shaum}.] --Otway.
Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute.
--Drayton.
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