Examples of bowyer in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Clem also has worked as a bowyer, a craftsman of bows, for a decade.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
Zeljko Ilicic, bowyer, a maker of wooden bows and arrows, moulds a piece of wood to make a bow, in his workshop in the town of Lapovo, in central Serbia, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.
—Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2017
Bow makers, known as bowyers, layer the wood with fiberglass, resin and occasionally some carbon (similar to what’s done in ski construction).
—Brigid Mander, WSJ, 6 July 2017
Bowyer won at Sonoma in 2012 and is piloting the car that Tony Stewart drove to victory — the last of Stewart’s NASCAR career — last year.
—Jenna Fryer, The Seattle Times, 23 June 2017
Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
Zeljko Ilicic, bowyer, a maker of wooden bows and arrows, moulds a piece of wood to make a bow, in his workshop in the town of Lapovo, in central Serbia, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.
—Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2017
Bow makers, known as bowyers, layer the wood with fiberglass, resin and occasionally some carbon (similar to what’s done in ski construction).
—Brigid Mander, WSJ, 6 July 2017
Bowyer won at Sonoma in 2012 and is piloting the car that Tony Stewart drove to victory — the last of Stewart’s NASCAR career — last year.
—Jenna Fryer, The Seattle Times, 23 June 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English bowyere
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of bowyer was
in the 13th century
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“Bowyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowyer. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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