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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Oxbow

/äk'-sbōˌ/ · Ox·bow · IPA /ˈɒksbəʊ/
01 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 ba…
  1. 1.
    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.