oxbow

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English

Etymology

From ox +‎ bow.

Pronunciation

Noun

oxbow (plural oxbows)

  1. A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
  2. A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.
    • 1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 1”, in Adulthood Rites, page 69:
      Humans called this an oxbow lake—one that had originally been part of the river.

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