Word: shawm
Word origin: Middle English: from Old French chalemel, via Latin from Greek kalamos ‘reed’.
Phonetic:
ʃɔːm
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a medieval and Renaissance wind instrument, forerunner of the oboe, with a double reed enclosed in a wooden mouthpiece, and having a penetrating tone.
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