shawm ( synonym found)

Definition of shawm:

(n) : a mediaeval wind instrument with a double reed
"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"

Definition of shawm:

(n) : a mediaeval wind instrument with a double reed
"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"

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