Bow-guard

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A protective structure on the bow of a boat.

    "That man who is now stepping from the wet logs to the bow-guards of the Marion, how can he ever cut down a tree?"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of bowguard. alt-of, alternative

    "Having noted T'ang Lan's remarks, Watson updated and amended his earlier views and accepted the device as a pi, or bow-guard, somehow used to "straiten" [sic] or guard an unstrung compound bow."

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"That man who is now stepping from the wet logs to the bow-guards of the Marion, how can he ever cut down a tree?"

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