SHAWM


Meaning of SHAWM in English

/shawm/ , n.

an early musical woodwind instrument with a double reed: the forerunner of the modern oboe.

[ 1300-50; ME schalme chaume calamus stalk, reed kálamos reed; r. ME schallemele chalemel (see CHALUMEAU) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .