Found 2 items, similar to Oboe.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oboe oboe n : a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: hautboy, hautbois]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oboe Oboe \O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See Hautboy.] (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster] Oboe d'amore [It., lit., oboe of love], and Oboe di caccia [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel. [1913 Webster]