Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saddle bow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: sad-dle bow
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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 […]."
"The Government mobilized the full force of 18,000 mounted gendarmes and sent them picking their way over the sand about as heavily armored as any policeman could be: a long lance in one hand, a sabre at the saddle bow, a rifle across the back, a pistol on the hip."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sadel-bowe, sadulboga

Inflected Forms

saddle bows (plural) saddle-bow (alternative) saddlebow (alternative)

Questions

What does saddle bow mean?: The front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.
Where does saddle bow come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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