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embowed
[ em-bohd ]
adjective
- bent; vaulted; arched.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of embowed1
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Example Sentences
Their live pillars upheaved a thick embowed roof, betwixt whose leaves and blossoms hardly a sunbeam filtered.
Two arms "counter-embowed" occur in many crests (Figs. 266 and 267).
Above is the "high embowed roof" of the central tower; around are the stalls set in a screen of woodwork intricately carved.
A chevron in point embowed will be found in the arms of Trapaud quartered by Adlercron (Fig. 139).
It consists of two lions' paws embowed, the outer edge of each being adorned with fleurs-de-lis issuant therefrom.
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