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bowguard

noun

Etymology

From bow + guard.

  1. derived from *wardāną✻ — “to guard, protect”
  2. derived from *wardēn✻
  3. derived from wardo
  4. derived from garder
  5. compounded as bowguard — “bow + guard”

Definitions

  1. A protective cover worn on the wrist or forearm, sometimes extending to partially cover…

    A protective cover worn on the wrist or forearm, sometimes extending to partially cover the hand, which provides protection from the snap of a released bowstring.

    • There was another big piece of coral that he later on made into a bowguard.
    • A silver bowguard made by Loloma in 1968 has one side rough and unpolished and another highly polished.
    • He spoke so earnestly that she could almost have believed him, had not that bowguard on his wrist proved him false.

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