Meaning

noun the land inside an oxbow bend in a river

noun a U-shaped curve in a stream

noun a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn Proto-Germanic *uhsô Proto-West Germanic *ohsō Old English oxa Middle English oxe English ox English bow English oxbow From ox + bow.

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