embowed

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His legs were slightly embowed, and he bore himself like a man rarely out of the saddle.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

But let my due feet never fail, To walk the studious Cloysters pale, And love the high embowed Roof With antick Pillars massy proof, And storied Windows richly dight, Casting a dimm religious light.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John

The Cobbs of Adderbury bore "Sable, a chevron argent between three dolphins naiant embowed or, a chief of the last."

From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The inn was formerly the private mansion of the Courtenay family, and its sign was one of the family crests, "a Dolphin embowed" or bent like a bow.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

The crest they use is also nearly the same, viz., an armed arm, embowed, grasping a broken tilting spear.

From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various