embowed
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An arm embowed has the elbow to the dexter, unless blazoned to the contrary.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
On the west side the Rambler passes the precincts of Westminster Abbey, beneath whose “high embowed roof” repose the sacred ashes of the illustrious dead.
From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Robert Allbut
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 John Milton
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 E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
Crest—An arm embowed, couped at the shoulder, the hand grasping a hammer, all proper.
From The True Legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil by Edward G. Flight
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