Bowguard

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A protective cover worn on the wrist or forearm, sometimes extending to partially cover the hand, which provides protection from the snap of a released bowstring.

    "There was another big piece of coral that he later on made into a bowguard."

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"There was another big piece of coral that he later on made into a bowguard."

Etymology

From bow + guard.

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