up-bow

[ uhp-boh ]

noun

1. (in bowing on a stringed instrument) a stroke toward the heel of the bow: indicated in scores by the symbol V ( down-bow ).

up-bow

/ ˈʌpˌbəʊ /

noun

1. a stroke of the bow from its tip to its nut on a stringed instrument Compare down-bow

Word History and Origins

Origin of up-bow¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

A moment later Flora and Alice brought their boat up bow and bow.

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In a manner not dissimilar to my beginning of the fletching art, I took up bow making.

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In music for stringed instruments of the violin family, the sign indicates down-bow and the sign up-bow.

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Her lips were parted to call orders to her warriors to take up bow and spears; then her lovely eyes widened.

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In commencing the study of staccato bowing it is well to confine oneself to the up-bow form at first.

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