chal|u|meau

chal|u|meau «_SHAL yuh MOH; French sha loo MOH», noun. Music.

1. the lowest register in the clarinet.

2. a shawm.

╂[< French chalumeau < Old French chalemel < Late Latin calamellus a little reed < Latin calamus reed. See etym. of doublet shawm. (Cf. ↑shawm)]