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Shawm

Shawm Meaning & Definition
Shawm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shawm?

[n] a medieval oboe

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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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