- 1. n. One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. Source: opted
- 2. n. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece Source: wordnet
- 3. One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. Oboe d'amore Etym: [It., lit., oboe of love], and Oboe di caccia Etym: [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel. Source: webster
- 4. One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yetof great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone,somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded bymeans of a double reed; a hautboy. Oboe d'amore Etym: [It., lit.,oboe of love], and Oboe di caccia Etym: [It., lit., oboe of thechase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often foundin the scores of Bach and Handel. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece Source: ecdict
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