Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hautboy \Haut"boy\, n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high
   + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See
   {Haughty}, {Bush}; and cf. {Oboe}.]
   1. (Mus.) 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}.

   2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ({Fragaria elatior}).