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bullock-bows

bullock-bows is the plural of bullock-bow.

Meaning of bullock-bow

Noun

bullock-bow (plural bullock-bows)

  1. A U-shaped piece of wood that passes round a bullock's neck forming part of the yoke.
    • The rod dragged him right back to the well, where it doubled him like a bullock-bow and threatened to pin him to the earth.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 8

Questions about bullock-bows

What is bullock-bows the plural of?
Bullock-bows is the plural of bullock-bow.

Words near bullock-bows in the dictionary

  1. bullock's heart
  2. bullock's hearts
  3. Bullock's oriole
  4. Bullock's orioles
  5. bullock-bow
  6. bullock-bows
  7. bullock-cart
  8. bullock-carts
  9. bullocked
  10. bullockies
  11. bullocking

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