bowknot

American  

[boh-not] / ˈboʊˌnɒt /

noun

1. bow.

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bowknot British  

/ ˈbəʊˌnɒt /

noun

1. a decorative knot usually having two loops and two loose ends; bow

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Etymology

Origin of bowknot

First recorded in 1540–50; bow ² + knot ¹

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Example Sentences

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bowknot

She was dressed from top to toe, and her bonnet strings were tied in a natty bowknot.

From Jerusalem by Velma Swanston Howard

Under a folded collar he wore a narrow cravat tied in a bowknot, and in the bosom of his white shirt there sparkled a diamond such as might have come from a collection of crown-jewels.

From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

My 'Mr. Rochester' could tie him up in a bowknot in no time——" "And soothe your aching head with him, too, I fancy.

From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed

She was too cheerful and hopeful to really care because she couldn’t entwine the two initials of the only name she knew into an artistic bowknot!

From A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall by Amy Bell Marlowe

The men call it a "bowknot" of river; so we name it Bowknot Bend.

From Canyons of the Colorado by John Wesley Powell

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