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

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