embowed

[ em-bohd ]

/ ɛmˈboʊd /

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adjective

bent; vaulted; arched.

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Origin of embowed

1475–85; < archaic embow to form into an arch (see em-¹, bow²) + -ed²

Words nearby embowed

embossed, embothrium, embouchure, embourgeoisement, embow, embowed, embowel, embower, embrace, embracement, embraceor

How to use embowed in a sentence

Their live pillars upheaved a thick embowed roof, betwixt whose leaves and blossoms hardly a sunbeam filtered.
Lilith|George MacDonald
Two arms "counter-embowed" occur in many crests (Figs. 266 and 267).
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Above is the "high embowed roof" of the central tower; around are the stalls set in a screen of woodwork intricately carved.
Evesham|Edmund H. New
A chevron in point embowed will be found in the arms of Trapaud quartered by Adlercron (Fig. 139).
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

It consists of two lions' paws embowed, the outer edge of each being adorned with fleurs-de-lis issuant therefrom.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

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