oxbow
a U-shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
Physical Geography, Geology.
a bow-shaped bend in a river, or the land embraced by it.
Also called oxbow lake . a bow-shaped lake formed in a former channel of a river.
Origin of oxbow
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How to use oxbow in a sentence
During the year she spent in the great school, she made but one visit to oxbow Village.
But just now they were all more interested in the people they found here at the oxbow Bend and in what they were doing.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's | Laura Lee HopeThe smallest Bunker really had succeeded in getting everybody at oxbow Bend very much stirred up.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's | Laura Lee HopeThe whole party at the oxbow Bend was roused by this time, and men, women and children were looking for the little lost boy.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's | Laura Lee HopeThe chain is passed through the large iron ring in the oxbow and is doubled back to get the right length.
Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. Shearer
British Dictionary definitions for oxbow
/ (ˈɒksˌbəʊ) /
a U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of a harnessed ox and attached to the yoke
Also called: oxbow lake, cutoff a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander
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Scientific definitions for oxbow
[ ŏks′bō′ ]
A sharp, U-shaped bend in a river. The bend is so sharp that only a narrow neck of land is left between the two parts of the river.
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