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saddle bows

saddle bows is the plural of saddle bow.

Meaning of saddle bow

Noun

saddle bow (plural saddle bows)

  1. 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

Questions about saddle bows

What is saddle bows the plural of?
Saddle bows is the plural of saddle bow.

Words near saddle bows in the dictionary

  1. saddle beast
  2. saddle beasts
  3. saddle blanket
  4. saddle blankets
  5. saddle bow
  6. saddle bows
  7. Saddle Brook
  8. saddle brown
  9. saddle browns
  10. saddle bum
  11. saddle bums

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