saddle bow
saddle bow noun: the front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.
Noun
saddle bow (plural saddle bows)
- The front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.
- the Prince […] stroke the Pagan with his steely brand / So sore, that to his saddle-bow thereby / He bowed low, and so a while did lie […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- The Government mobilized the full force of 18,000 mounted gendarmes and sent them picking their way over the sand about as heavily armored as any policeman could be: a long lance in one hand, a sabre at the saddle bow, a rifle across the back, a pistol on the hip.1931 October 12, “Sand in the Streets”, in Time
saddle bow meaning in Tamil
saddle bow in Tamil
- விற்செணம்
Forms of saddle bow
| plural | saddle bows |
|---|---|
| alternative form | saddle-bow |
| alternative form | saddlebow |
Origin of saddle bow
From Middle English sadel-bowe, sadel-boȝe, from Old English sadulboga, sadolboga, equivalent to saddle + bow. Displaced non-native arson (“saddle bow”), from Middle English arsoun.
Questions about saddle bow
- What does saddle bow mean?
- Saddle bow means the front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.
- What is saddle bow in Tamil?
- Saddle bow in Tamil is விற்செணம். See Saddle bow meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is saddle bow?
- Saddle bow is a noun.
- What is the plural of saddle bow?
- The plural of saddle bow is saddle bows.
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