"saddle bow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: saddle bows [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sadel-bowe}} Middle English sadel-bowe, {{m|enm|sadel-boȝe}} sadel-boȝe, {{inh|en|ang|sadulboga}} Old English sadulboga, {{m|ang|sadolboga}} sadolboga, {{af|en|saddle|bow}} saddle + bow, {{m|en|arson|id=saddlebow|t=saddle bow}} arson (“saddle bow”), {{noncog|enm|arsoun}} Middle English arsoun Head templates: {{en-noun}} saddle bow (plural saddle bows)
  1. The front part of the saddle that is arched up like a bow. Categories (lifeform): Horse tack Synonyms: saddle-bow, saddlebow Translations (front part of saddle): ublãncu [neuter] (Aromanian), blãncu [neuter] (Aromanian), arçó [masculine] (Catalan), zadelboog [masculine] (Dutch), etukaari (Finnish), nuppi (Finnish), arzón [masculine] (Galician), Sattelbogen [masculine] (German), arcione [masculine] (Italian), sadel-bowe (Middle English), arsoun (Middle English), łęk [masculine] (Polish), oblânc [neuter] (Romanian), лука́ (luká) [feminine] (Russian), framvalv [neuter] (Swedish), sadelbåge [common-gender] (Swedish)

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