bow-guard
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A protective structure on the bow of a boat.
noun
Alternative form of bowguard.
Example Sentences
- "That man who is now stepping from the wet logs to the bow-guards of the Marion, how can he ever cut down a tree?"
- "It is possible that the bronze part of the bow-guard was embedded in a wooden armature in some way that obviated the use of pegs or edging on the bronze itself."
- "It was part of a scheme that included aluminum rubrails welded the length of the hull and a Schedule 80 bow-guard (top photo page 216)."
- "Having noted T'ang Lan's remarks, Watson updated and amended his earlier views and accepted the device as a pi, or bow-guard, somehow used to "straiten" [sic] or guard an unstrung compound bow."
- "When you get married you're supposed to be bashful and eat like this,' and he shaded his eyes with his left wrist, where a bow-guard would be worn."
- "'Where did you get your bow-guard?' 'I made it.'"