Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A double-reed woodwind instrument similar to but larger than the oboe and pitched lower by a fifth.
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- noun music a
woodwind instrument similar to anoboe , but larger and pitched a fifth lower
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- noun a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of French cor anglais, perhaps alteration of cor anglé, bent horn (from the curved crook to which the mouthpiece is attached) : cor, horn + anglé, bent.]
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Translation of French cor anglais
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