Bow
(boe)
[Eng.]
A tool made of wood and horsehair used to set the
strings
of a
bowed
string instrument
in
vibration
. The
bow
was originally curved in the shape of a cycle, but it has been subject to many changes over time.
See also
[Eng.]
bow
;
[Fr.]
archet
;
[Ger.]
Bogen
;
[It.]
arco
.
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