present participle of bower

A surname.

A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle. / (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

To embower; to enclose. / (obsolete) To lodge.

A peasant; a farmer.

Either of the two highest trumps in euchre.

(nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.

One who bows or bends. / A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.

One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.

(obsolete, falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.