bombarde
/ˈbɒmbɑːd
/noun
1A shawm (wind instrument) of alto pitch, used in medieval bands and in Breton folk music.The biniou is usually heard in duet with a rustic shawm (the bombarde)....
- The most popular Breton folk instruments are the biniou (a small bagpipe) and the bombarde, which is similar to an oboe.
2A powerful bass reed organ stop.The Williams Organ has one manual keyboard each for the Bombarde, Swell, Great, and Choir organs and the manuals are referred to (from top to bottom) by those names....
- It is quite possible when used at full strength, to play a solo on the bombarde against the full great and swell coupled together.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, denoting a shawm (see bombard).