ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bluff-bowed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Bluff-bowed is an adjective meaning (nautical, archaic) Having broad and flat bows.

Meaning

(nautical, archaic) Having broad and flat bows.

Example Sentences

“[...] he thereby may be said to transform himself from a bluff-bowed sluggish galliot into a sharppointed New York pilot-boat."

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bowspritted, bowed, bowfront, hairbowed, bowlined, bald-headed.

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