saddle bow

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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 […].

词形变化

saddle bows plural saddle-bow alternative saddlebow alternative

词源

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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