Definitions for: Shawm

[n] a medieval oboe

Webster (1913) Definition: Shawm, n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau
shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed
pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.)
A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have
resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
[Written also shalm, shaum.] --Otway.

Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute.
--Drayton.

See Also: bombard, bombardon, hautbois, hautboy, oboe

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