ALL meanings of oxbow
ox·bow
O o - noun oxbow a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke. 1
- noun oxbow Physical Geography, Geology. a bow-shaped bend in a river, or the land embraced by it. Also called oxbow lake. a bow-shaped lake formed in a former channel of a river. 1
- noun oxbow yoke worn by oxen 1
- noun oxbow a U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of a harnessed ox and attached to the yoke 0
- noun oxbow a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander 0
- noun oxbow either of the U-shaped parts of an ox yoke: an oxbow passes under and around the neck of a yoked ox 0
- noun oxbow something shaped like this, as a bend in a river 0
- noun oxbow the land within such a bend 0