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Definition of 'shawm'

English

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • a mediaeval double reed wind instrument with conical wooden body
  • :* 1985': There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful '''shawm , and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked. — Anthony Burgess, ''Kingdom of the Wicked
  • Synonyms

    * zurna

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