frow

American  

[froh] / froʊ /

Or froe

noun

1. a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.

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frow British  

/ frəʊ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of froe

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Etymology

Origin of frow

1615–25; earlier frower, perhaps noun use of froward in literal sense “turned away”

Example Sentences

Feathers, fabulous fashion and famous faces on the frow - it can only be Paris Haute Couture Week.

From BBC

Channel 5 controller Ben Frow later said he had no regrets over the decision and that the media landscape had become "very crowded with reality shows".

From BBC

Channel 5 controller Ben Frow recently said Our Yorkshire Farm, which follows North Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen and her family, was the broadcaster's most successful factual programme ever.

From BBC

Frow also said he would commission almost any programme about Anne Boleyn, citing the high ratings from audiences and his personal obsession with Henry VII’s second wife – going as far to show a picture of him dressed as the former Queen of England as a child.

From The Guardian

Channel controller, Ben Frow, told the television festival that the station gave audiences what they want – often involving programmes about Yorkshire, the countryside and railways.

From The Guardian