English Explanatory Dictionary

saddle bow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.

Word forms

saddle bow saddle bows saddle-bow saddlebow

Etymology

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.

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