embowed

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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

Above is the "high embowed roof" of the central tower; around are the stalls set in a screen of woodwork intricately carved.

From Evesham by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

Crest: an arm, embowed, in armour, holding a cutlas, all proper.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 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

On the sign-board is painted "an arm embowed, holding a malt-shovel," underneath which is written,— "Good malt makes good beer, Walk in, and you'll find it here."

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George