Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oxbow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oxbow \Ox"bow`\, n.
A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and
embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends
passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so
shaped, as a bend in a river.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oxbow
n 1: the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
2: a U-shaped curve in a stream
3: a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends
are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes
around the neck of an ox
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