bowed

Adjective

bowed (not comparable)

1. Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
   • The viol, he argued, was in essence a bowed guitar, the result of a cross-fertilisation between the 15th-century Spanish plucked instrument known as the vihuela de mano and the medieval fiddle.1988, Ian Woodfield, The Early History of the Viol, page 3
   • Heading over to the MacLeod Centre for some fresh air and a quick bowl of soup— forcing myself out of my little office, narrow work-self, out of the head-down attitude that I must finish what I;ve started — and turning the corner, I see a woman in a gold lame/ jacket and woollen hat with earflaps...2005, Ruth Burgess, Hay & Stardust: Resources for Christmas to Candlemas, page 216
2. Having been played by a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
   • The value 16/49 is evidently of importance as it corresponds to the first principal mode of vibration of a bowed string.1918, C. V. Raman, On the Mechanical Theory of the Vibrations of Bowed Strings and of Musical Instruments of the Violin Family
   • The mode of vibration of a bowed string is peculiar, since it is not a simple harmonic motion.1918, John Duncan, Sydney George Starling ·, A Text Book of Physics for the Use of Students of Science, page 760
3. (in-compounds) Equipped with a bow (weapon).
   • […] the deadly fight / At Sparta sing, that nigh / Kithairon’s heiglits was fought, whereby / The Persian host of bent-bowed archers came / To ruin; […]1875, Thomas Charles Baring, transl., Pindar in English Rhyme; Being an Attempt to Render the Epinikian Odes, with the Principal Remaining Fragments, of Pindar, into English Rhymed Verse, London...
   • Now some of our weak-bowed archers are using glass sights on their bows for 100-yard shooting.1927, Ye Sylvan Archer, page 19
4. Bent or curved.
   • Replace any badly bowed studs, or fix a bowed stud by making a cut into the bowed area, forcing the stud straight, and bracing it with a 1x cleat (see the bottom illustration at right).2002, Larry Haun, Vincent Laurence, Tim Snyder, Habitat for Humanity, how to Build a House, page 215
   • A bowed tendon is one of the most serious leg problems for racehorses .2006, T. A. Landers, Professional Care of the Racehorse, page 206