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bowguards

bowguards is the plural of bowguard.

Meaning of bowguard

Noun

bowguard (plural bowguards)

  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.1996, James Ostler, Marian E. Rodee, Milford Nahohai, Zuni: a village of silversmiths, →ISBN, page 121

Questions about bowguards

What is bowguards the plural of?
Bowguards is the plural of bowguard.

Words near bowguards in the dictionary

  1. bowgies
  2. bowging
  3. bowgrace
  4. bowgraces
  5. bowguard
  6. bowguards
  7. bowgun
  8. bowgunner
  9. bowguns
  10. bowgy
  11. bowhead

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