Found 2 items, similar to Oxbow.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oxbow 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oxbow 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. [1913 Webster]