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embowed

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em·bowed  (m-bd)
adj.
1. Bent or curved like a bow.
2. Architecture
a. Having an arch or arches.
b. Protruding in an outward curve so as to form a recess within.


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At the other end, though partly muffled by a curtain, it was more powerfully illuminated by one of those embowed hall windows which we read of in old books, and which was provided with a deep and cushion seat.
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