[ 'hɛk(ə)lfəʊn ]
■ noun a woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the German instrument-maker Wilhelm Heckel , on the pattern of saxophone .
[ 'hɛk(ə)lfəʊn ]
■ noun a woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.
Origin
early 20th cent.: named after the German instrument-maker Wilhelm Heckel , on the pattern of saxophone .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004