hautbois means any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.
noun
- Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
- Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.“Then [her voice] became a little louder, and sounded like a flute or a distant hautbois.”