HAUTBOY, noun ho'boy. A wind instrument, somewhat resembling a flute, but widening towards the bottom, and sounded through a reed. The treble is two feet long. The tenor goes a fifth lower, when blown open. It has only eight holes; but the base, which is five feet long, has eleven.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.