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单词 bowstowre
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bowstowren.

Etymology: perhaps < Old French *bosteor, variant of bouteor, < bouter (also boster) to strike, knock, as in ‘bosterent a la porte’ (Godefroy).
Obsolete. rare.
perh. = Striker, knocker (a battering-ram).
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c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiv. 23 Browcht a Gyne, men callyd Bowstowre For til assayle that stalwart towre.
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