oxbow

A U-shaped piece of wood that fits under and around the neck of an ox, with its upper ends attached to the bar of the yoke.

A U-shaped bend in a river.

The land within such a bend of a river.

A curved piece of wood the ends of which are inserted into an ox-yoke and held by pins. In use it encircles the neck of the animal. See yoke.

A bend or reach of a river resembling an ox-bow in form: a use common in New England.

A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox’s neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.

A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts fastened to its yoke

A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop

a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox