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ˈsaddle-bow Now arch. or poet.
[bow n.1 Cf. OHG. satilpogo (MHG. satelboge, mod.G. sattelbogen).]
The arched front part of a saddle-tree or of a saddle.
c725Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 11/17 Carpella, sadulboᵹa. a1250Prov. Alfred 229 in O.E. Misc. 116 If þu hauest seorewe, ne seye þu hit nouht þan arewe, seye hit þine sadelbowe [a 1275 seit þin sadilbowe] and ryd þe singinde forþ. c1330Arth. & Merl. 8148 (Kölbing) Wawain him ȝaue a dent of howe & cleued him to þe sadel bowe. 1470–85Malory Arthur ix. xvi, And the lady of the lake took vp her heed and henge it vp by the heyre of her sadel bowe. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 14 Vouchsafe, thou wonder, to alight thy steed, And rein his proud head to the saddle-bow. 1658tr. Porta's Nat. Magick xiv. 314 We use to hang up Turkies alive by the bills, at the sadle-bow, when we ride. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 411 The beast..plunged, and threw his rider violently on the saddle-bow. 1805Scott Last Minstr. i. v, Steeds..Barb'd with frontlet of steel, I trow, And with Jedwood-axe at saddlebow. 1879‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 7 He lifted his hat, and bowed down to his saddle-bow as he passed her. |