Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as oboe da caccia (which see, under oboe).
- In organ-building, noting a stop which does not extend below tenor C: as, a tenoroon hautboy.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon
Examples
“The tenoroon, with which the oboe di caccia has been compared, was a high bassoon really on octave and a fifth below.”
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lonelyships's list
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-oons (once of more than one syllable)
Originally this list was to contain multisyllabic words that end in "oon," but as you can see from the comments, all hell broke loose.
doubloon, poltroon, spittoon, patroon, dragoon, bassoon, platoon, typhoon, rangoon, maroon, pontoon, monsoon and 96 more...
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Pull out the stops
Organ stops, that is.
diapason, clarabella, dulciana, bourdon, reed stop, flue stop, violoncello, suabe flute, waldflute, rackett, pyramidon, querflöte and 106 more...
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