Bo″wer (�), n. [From Bow, v. & n.]
1. One who bows or bends.
2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm.
His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers
Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew.
Spenser.
Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor.