shawm

[ shawm ]

/ ʃɔm /

noun

an early musical woodwind instrument with a double reed: the forerunner of the modern oboe.

Origin of shawm

1300–50; Middle English schalme<Middle French chaume<Latin calamus stalk, reed <Greek kálamos reed; replacing Middle English schallemele<Middle French chalemel (see chalumeau)

Words nearby shawm

Shawinigan, Shawinigan-Sud, shawl, shawl collar, shawlie, shawm, Shawn, Shawnee, Shawnees, Shawwal, shay

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Example sentences from the Web for shawm

The shawm was silent, the herdsman bent questioningly over the wall and Kurwenal made answer.
The Road to the Open|Arthur Schnitzler
In the second wagon will follow the musicians, the players upon the drum, the fife, and the shawm.
The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere|Charles de Coster
The name is believed to be derived from calamaula, a reed-pipe, which was corrupted to chalem-elle and then to shawm.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin
A figure is given (Galpin, p. 159) of a goat playing on a shawm from a carving of the twelfth century at Canterbury.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin

Cornemuse is a bagpipe; shalmye is a shawm, which was a wind-instrument, being derived from Lat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for shawm

shawm

/ (ʃɔːm) /

noun

music a medieval form of the oboe with a conical bore and flaring bell, blown through a double reed

Word Origin for shawm

C14 shalmye, from Old French chalemie, ultimately from Latin calamus a reed, from Greek kalamos

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单词	shawm
释义	shawm [ shawm ] / ʃɔm / noun an early musical woodwind instrument with a double reed: the forerunner of the modern oboe. Origin of shawm 1300–50; Middle English schalme<Middle French chaume<Latin calamus stalk, reed <Greek kálamos reed; replacing Middle English schallemele<Middle French chalemel (see chalumeau) Words nearby shawm Shawinigan, Shawinigan-Sud, shawl, shawl collar, shawlie, shawm, Shawn, Shawnee, Shawnees, Shawwal, shay Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shawm The shawm was silent, the herdsman bent questioningly over the wall and Kurwenal made answer. The Road to the Open\|Arthur Schnitzler In the second wagon will follow the musicians, the players upon the drum, the fife, and the shawm. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere\|Charles de Coster The name is believed to be derived from calamaula, a reed-pipe, which was corrupted to chalem-elle and then to shawm. Springtime and Other Essays\|Francis Darwin A figure is given (Galpin, p. 159) of a goat playing on a shawm from a carving of the twelfth century at Canterbury. Springtime and Other Essays\|Francis Darwin Cornemuse is a bagpipe; shalmye is a shawm, which was a wind-instrument, being derived from Lat. Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)\|Geoffrey Chaucer British Dictionary definitions for shawm shawm / (ʃɔːm) / noun music a medieval form of the oboe with a conical bore and flaring bell, blown through a double reed Word Origin for shawm C14 shalmye, from Old French chalemie, ultimately from Latin calamus a reed, from Greek kalamos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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