'On the bow' definitions:
Definition of 'On the bow'
From: GCIDE
- Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), n. [Icel. b[=o]gr shoulder, bow of a ship. See Bough.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar. [1913 Webster]
- Bow chaser (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
- Bow piece, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship.
- On the bow (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within 45[deg] on either side of the line ahead. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'On the bow'
- Bow,
- Bowed,
- Bowing,
- Bowingly,
- bow down,
- bow out,
- bowed down,
- Bow Mar,
- Bow bearer,
- Bow chaser,
- Bow compasses,
- Bow drill,
- Bow hand,
- Bow instrument,
- Bow net,
- Bow oar,
- Bow pen,
- Bow piece,
- Bow window,
- Bowing stone,
- Broken Bow,
- Drill bow,
- Fiddle bow,
- Fore bow,
- Medicine Bow,
- Sea bow,
- Silver Bow,
- Sound bow,
- To draw a bow,
- bow and arrow,
- bow leg,
- bow legs,
- bow tie,
- bow wood,
- cupid's bow,
- down-bow,
- mouth bow,
- spiccato bowing,
- take a bow,
- up-bow,
- violin bow,
- Bluff-bowed,
- Bow Mar, CO,
- Bow-bells,
- Bow-compass,
- Bow-compasses,
- Bow-pen,
- Bow-pencil,
- Bow-saw,
- Broken Bow, NE,
- Broken Bow, OK,
- Medicine Bow, WY,
- Silver Bow County,
- Silver Bow, MT,
- To draw a long bow,
- bow-tie,
- bow-wow,
- bowed stringed instrument,
- Butte-Silver Bow,
- Silver Bow County, MT,
- To have two strings to one's bow,
- Butte-Silver Bow, MT,
- arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed