embowed

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Their live pillars upheaved a thick embowed roof, betwixt whose leaves and blossoms hardly a sunbeam filtered.

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George

But let my due feet never fail 155 To walk the studious cloister’s pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy-proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John

Crest: An armed arm, embowed, holding a lance, erect.

From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various

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

An arm embowed has the elbow to the dexter, unless blazoned to the contrary.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.