Definitions for "Hautboy"
A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.
a Senior Chorister, or in Authentick Orchestras, a smart-arse oboe
a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).