Shawm

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɔːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

Origin

From Old French chalemel (French chalumeau), from Latin calamus ("reed"), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος.

Full definition of shawm

Noun

1. a mediaeval double reed wind instrument with conical wooden body
• 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

Synonyms

• zurna

Anagrams

• whams