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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But let my due feet never fail, To walk the studious Cloysters pale, And love the high embowed Roof With antick Pillars massy proof, And storied Windows richly dight, Casting a dimm religious light.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
The Cobbs of Adderbury bore "Sable, a chevron argent between three dolphins naiant embowed or, a chief of the last."
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Crest: An armed arm, embowed, holding a lance, erect.
From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various
An arm embowed has the elbow to the dexter, unless blazoned to the contrary.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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
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