bowable

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bowable, boweable, equivalent to bow +‎ -able.

Adjective

bowable (comparative more bowable, superlative most bowable)

1. (obsolete) Capable of being bowed (bent)

   Synonyms: flexible, bendable, bendy, yielding

   • 1973 January 29, Sidney T. Heifetz, George Ran, Theodore Equipment Corporation, Helical endless-belt mechanisms for fuel or empty dishtray transporting and lifting‎^[1], US Patent 3,857,476, published 1974 December 31, column 7, lines 21–27:

     In a multi-convoluted helical conveyor of the character described for transporting substantially flat-bottomed full or empty dishtrays, the combination of a supporting structure, a pair of helically-parallel track bars supported by said structure, a plurality of chain-driving sprockets, and an endless, slatted, link-chain belt comprised of a bowable and twistable link-chain, […]

Derived terms

• unbowable

References

• “bowable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.