bow guard meaning: definition, quotations

bow guard

nounalso spelled bow-guard

Alternative Alternative form of bowguard.

The bow guard— called ketoh by the Navajo— is worn around the wrist while shooting with a bow and arrow to protect from the stinging snap of a released bowstring.1999, Lois Sherr Dubin, Togashi, & Paul Jones, North American Indian jewelry and adornment, page 488:
Totally plain blade and simple two-branch, single-knuckle bow guard with evidence of crude sand casting.2006, John F. Graf, Warman's Civil War Collectibles Field Guide, →ISBN, page 372:

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The rawhide bow guard was laced up inside, trimmed with silver buttons, feathers, and paint.2008, Thomas W. Kavanagh, Comanche Ethnography, →ISBN:
She tugged the cloth napkin off the bow guard, sitting on the table.2011, Michelle L. Levigne, The Rift War, →ISBN:

Alternative Alternative form of bow-guard.

The only metal parts are the rudder hinges and bow guard. Wooden decking, which snaps into place, gives the boat rigidity.1968, Machine Design - Volume 40, Issues 21-25, page 54:
Two layers of 3/8" plywood are laminated to the bottom, and spray rails and a hard wood bow guard are added before the hull is flipped right side up.2002, Pacific Fishing - Volume 23, Issues 7-12, page 140:

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Clambering on to the conning tower, he surveyed the boat and discovered that part of the bow guard had sheered off, leaving a twisted claw of metal.2013, Stephen Snelling, VCs of the First World War, →ISBN:

A guard who is stationed at the bow of a ship.

The bow guard was watching the other boat as it floated among several fishing boats waiting for the bridge to open.2003, Lawrence McNally, Walk a Deadly Trail, →ISBN, page 204:
He glanced toward the bow to see the four bow guards rushing back, clambering over slaves with whips and clubs in hand.2012, Troy Denning, Faces of Deception, →ISBN:

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He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted to the bow guard.2014, Richard Dawes, Storm Rider, A Tuscon Kid Western, →ISBN, page 25:

noun

A protective structure on the bow of a boat.

That man who is now stepping from the wet logs to the bow-guards of the Marion, how can he ever cut down a tree?1878, Belford's Monthly Magazine - Volume 3, page 660:
It is possible that the bronze part of the bow-guard was embedded in a wooden armature in some way that obviated the use of pegs or edging on the bronze itself.1978, Philip Denwood, Arts of the Eurasian Steppelands, →ISBN, page 4:

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It was part of a scheme that included aluminum rubrails welded the length of the hull and a Schedule 80 bow-guard (top photo page 216).2003, Scott Bannerot, Wendy Bannerot, Cruisers Handbook of Fishing 2/E, →ISBN, page 214:

Alternative Alternative form of bowguard.

Having noted T'ang Lan's remarks, Watson updated and amended his earlier views and accepted the device as a pi, or bow-guard, somehow used to "straiten" [sic] or guard an unstrung compound bow.1991, Julia Ching, R. W. L. Guisso, Sages and Filial Sons, →ISBN, page 183:
When you get married you're supposed to be bashful and eat like this,' and he shaded his eyes with his left wrist, where a bow-guard would be worn.1995, John Miles Foley, The Singer of Tales in Performance, →ISBN, page 31:

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'Where did you get your bow-guard?' 'I made it.'2004, Oliver La Farge, Laughing Boy, →ISBN, page 13: