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shawm (s̸hôm)

noun

an early double-reed wind instrument resembling the oboe

Etymology: ME schalme < MFr chalemie, altered < OFr chalamel < LL calamellus, dim. of L calamus, reed: see calamus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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