Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke. · A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop. · Short for oxbow lake.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn Proto-Germanic *uhsô Proto-West Germanic *ohsō Old English oxa Middle English oxe English ox English bow English oxbow From ox + bow.
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