What is the meaning of Oboe?

(n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
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APAWebster's. (2011). oboe. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/oboe/definitions/2037998
ChicagoWebster's. 2011. "oboe" http://smartdefine.org/oboe/definitions/2037998 (accessed September 21, 2026).
HarvardWebster's 2011, oboe, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/oboe/definitions/2037998>.
MLAWebster's. "oboe" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/oboe/definitions/2037998>
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