n. [ It., fr. F. hautbois. See Hautboy. ] (Mus.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Oboe d'amore [ It., lit., oboe of love ],
Oboe di caccia