Dictionary entry

Bower

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.