Etymology

bowable

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Today it means: Capable of being bowed (bent) Full definition →

Middle English bowable
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombowable
  2. English todaybowable

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.