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Bombard

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(derived through Med. Lat. and Fr. forms from Gr. 130µ 1 3eZP, to make a humming noise), a term applied in the middle ages to a sort of cannon, used chiefly in sieges, and throwing heavy stone balls; hence the later use as a verb (see Bombardment). The name, in various forms, was also given to a medieval musical instrument ("bombard," "bumhart," "pumhart," "pommer"), the forerunner of the bass oboe or schalmey. At the present day a small primitive oboe called bombarde, with eight holes but no keys, is used among the Breton peasants.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bombard'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bombard.html. 1910.
 
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