selfbow

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛlfbəʊ/    美 /ˈsɛlfˌboʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bow made from a single piece of wood (often referred to as a bow stave).
    — With reſpect to a bow being made round, we muſt recollect, that [Roger] Aſcham ſpeaks of a ſelf'''-bow; which, it ſeems, was made round as well as the back as in the belly: but back'd-bows have almoſt always a flat back, to prevent their caſting.

词形变化

selfbows plural self-bow alternative self bow alternative

词源

From self (“having its own or a single nature or character throughout without addition or change, unmixed; (archery) of a bow: made from a single piece of wood”, adjective) + bow.
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