shawm

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɔːm/

Noun

shawm (plural shawms)

1. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked,

     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.

Synonyms

• zurna

Translations

• French: chalemie
• German: Schalmei
• Italian: zufolo, cennamella
• Spanish: caramillo

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