Shawm
WordNet
noun
(1) A medieval oboe
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Old French chalemel (French chalumeau), from Latin , from Greek καλαμος.
Noun
- a mediaeval double reed wind instrument with conical wooden body
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- 1985: There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
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