CHALUMEAU


Meaning of CHALUMEAU in English

/shal'yeuh moh"/ ; Fr. /shann lyuu moh"/ , n. , pl. chalumeaux /-mohz"/ , Fr. /-moh"/ .

1. Music. the low register of the clarinet.

2. a 17th- or 18th-century woodwind instrument.

[ 1705-15; chalemel calamellus narrow reed; see CALAMUS, -ELLE ]

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