archets
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
Bow – Used to play some musical instruments bowed string, a bow is a wooden stick on which is affixed a lock of hair. …
Bow – 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
bow – 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 the cradles to support children a blanket over their heads bent in an arc frame that is used …