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oxbow
CIDE DICTIONARY
oxbow, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oxbow, n.
1 a U-shaped collar of an ox-yoke.
2 a a loop formed by a horseshoe bend in a river. b a lake formed when the river cuts across the narrow end of the loop.
1 a U-shaped collar of an ox-yoke.
2 a a loop formed by a horseshoe bend in a river. b a lake formed when the river cuts across the narrow end of the loop.
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