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shawm

shawm [ shawm ] (plural shawms)


noun 
Definition:
 
early woodwind musical instrument: a woodwind instrument of the Middle Ages and Renaissance that has a double reed and was the predecessor of the modern oboe

[14th century. Via Old French chalemie< Latin calamus "reed"]
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