entasis
noun
en·ta·sis ˈen-tə-sis 
plural entases ˈen-tə-ˌsēz
: a slight convexity especially in the shaft of a column
Word History
Etymology
Greek, literally, distension, stretching, from enteinen to stretch tight, from en- en- entry 2 + teinein to stretch — more at thin
First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined above
- bow compass
- bow divider
- bow down to
- bow down to (someone or something)
- bow down to someone or something
- bow drill
- bow fast
- bow hair
- bow hand
- bow light
- bow net
- bow oar
- bow on
- bow out
- bow pen
- bow pencil
- bow priest
- bow pulpit
- bow rudder
- bow saw
- bow shock
- bow sight
- bow stiffener
- bow street officer
- Bow Street runner