† embowingn.
Obsolete.
The action of embow v.1 2; vaulting; arching: in quot. concrete. Also attributive.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > action or process
crookc1330
bowinga1398
bending1398
embowing1430
inflection1531
bent1567
curving1594
flexure1600
curbing1601
crooking1607
incurvation1608
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > vaulting
voisoura1400
vousing1412
embowing1430
cope1484
vaulting1513
embow1548
embowment1626
concameration1644
cameration1664
vaulture1692
coving1703
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xi The freshe enbowing wt verges right as lynes.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiv. 5) By the kervings or imbowings he meeneth the verge fashion.
1576 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 261 To John Whyt ij playnes..ij chesells, and ij embowing playnes.
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† embowingadj.
Obsolete.
Arching, convex, curved.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] > making curved
embowing1561
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > like an arch or bow
inbowed1452
embowing1561
embowed1578
bow-bent1592
arched1602
bow-like1612
arcuate1626
archy1633
arching1678
springing1786
1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. v. sig. A viv Conuex or embowyng.
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