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DOWN-BOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does down-bow mean? 

DOWN-BOW (noun)
  The noun DOWN-BOW has 1 sense:

1. a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bowplay

  Familiarity information: DOWN-BOW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOWN-BOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("down-bow" is a kind of...):

bow (a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments)


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