embowed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of embowed
1475–85; < archaic embow to form into an arch ( see em- 1, bow 2 ( def. ) ) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Above is the "high embowed roof" of the central tower; around are the stalls set in a screen of woodwork intricately carved.
From Evesham by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
Crest—An arm embowed, couped at the shoulder, the hand grasping a hammer, all proper.
From The True Legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil by Flight, Edward G.
His legs were slightly embowed, and he bore himself like a man rarely out of the saddle.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof With antique pillars massy proof, etc.”
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
The crest they use is also nearly the same, viz., an armed arm, embowed, grasping a broken tilting spear.
From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various
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