BOMBARDON


Meaning of BOMBARDON in English

/bom"beuhr deuhn, bom bahr"dn/ , n.

1. a bass reed stop on a pipe organ.

2. a large, deep-toned, valved, brass wind instrument resembling a tuba.

[ 1855-60; bombardone wind instrument, equiv. to bombard ( o ) an oboelike instrument, orig., mortar (see BOMBARD) + -one aug. suffix ]

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