Associations to the word «Chalumeau»

Wiktionary

CHALUMEAU, noun. (musici) A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
CHALUMEAU, noun. The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B♭ (B flat) above middle C.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats