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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bowable, boweable, equivalent to bow + -able.
Adjective
bowable (comparative more bowable, superlative most bowable)
- (obsolete) Capable of being bowed (bent)
- Synonyms: flexible, bendable, bendy, yielding
1973 January 29, Sidney T. Heifetz, George Ran, Theodore Equipment Corporation, Helical endless-belt mechanisms for fuel or empty dishtray transporting and lifting, US Patent 3,857,476, published 1974 December 31, column 7, lines 21–27:In a multi-convoluted helical conveyor of the character described for transporting substantially flat-bottomed full or empty dishtrays, the combination of a supporting structure, a pair of helically-parallel track bars supported by said structure, a plurality of chain-driving sprockets, and an endless, slatted, link-chain belt comprised of a bowable and twistable link-chain, […]
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