Shawm (?), n. [OE. shalmie, OF.
chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm,
stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm,
and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of
music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet
or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm,
shaum.] Otway.
Even from the shrillest shaum unto the
cornamute.
Drayton.
Shawm (?), n. [OE. shalmie, OF.
chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm,
stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm,
and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of
music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet
or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm,
shaum.] Otway.
Even from the shrillest shaum unto the
cornamute.
Drayton.
