archet
bow (noun) Baguette topped with horsehair stretched which is used to vibrate the strings of some musical instruments. Arc-shaped tool. Squeakers grasshoppers. Homonyms – paronyms: archaea (length of a jet arrow). Archer (archer).
Meaning and uses
Used to play some musical instruments bowed string, a bow is a wooden stick on which is affixed a lock of hair. …
The bow is a horizontal member that makes contact with the catenary at the top of the pantograph of an electric locomotive. Depending on the type of current used, the bow is a different width: larger than in 1500 V 25000 V
Wand, formerly a little bow, armed with horsehair, used to make the sound of stringed musical instruments, sort of bent wood frame in an arc that is put to a baby’s cradle to support a blanket above their heads bent in an arc frame that is used …