Bow n.
1. Naut. The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
2. Naut. One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
Bow chaser Naut., a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel.
-- Bow piece, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship.
On the bow Naut., on that part of the horizon within 45° on either side of the line ahead.
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