Meaning

noun a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

noun a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments

noun front part of a vessel or aircraft

originFrom Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Booge (“arch, bow, curve”), West Frisian bôge (“arc, arch, bow”), Dutch boog (“arc, arch, bow”), German Bogen (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Luxembourgish Bou (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Vilamovian böga (“arc, arch, bend, bow, curve”), Yiddish בויגן (boygn,…

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