“forebow”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

forebow

释义

▪ I. † ˈforebow¹ Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6 fore-bough, 7 -boothe.
[f. fore- prefix + bough n. (sense 1), bow n.³]
a. In pl. The shoulders of a quadruped, as seen from the front; the breast.
b. The beak or prow of a ship.
1569T. Stocker tr. Diod. Sic. iii. viii. 115 It is difficile and harde to laye abord about the beake or forebough of a Gallie.1610Markham Masterp. i. lii. 110 Bathe all his breast and foreboothes with the oyle of Peter.1614― Cheap Husb. (1623) 86 His dew-lap extending from his neather lip downe to his fore-boothes.1714Lond. Gaz. No. 5253/4 Strayed..a Black Mare..a small White Spot between her Forebows.1828Craven Dial., Forbows, the breast of an animal.
▪ II. † ˈforebow² Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + bow n.¹]
The arched frame in the front of a saddle. (Cf. Fr. arçon.)
1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Saddle, The Toes or Points of the Saddle's Fore-bow press too much the Horse's Side.1835Booth Analyt. Dict. 296 The Saddle has a round knob on the fore-part or Fore-bow, called the Pommel.

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