bowguard

See also: bow-guard and bow guard

English

Alternative forms

bow guard, bow-guard

Etymology

bow +‎ guard

Noun

bowguard (plural bowguards)

A protective cover worn on the wrist or forearm, sometimes extending to partially cover the hand, which provides protection from the snap of a released bowstring.
- 1996, James Ostler, Marian E. Rodee, Milford Nahohai, Zuni: a village of silversmiths, →ISBN, page 121:
  There was another big piece of coral that he later on made into a bowguard.
- 2007, Diana Pardue, Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry, →ISBN, page 13:
  A silver bowguard made by Loloma in 1968 has one side rough and unpolished and another highly polished.
- 2014, Andre Norton, Wizard's Worlds: A Short Story Collection, →ISBN:
  He spoke so earnestly that she could almost have believed him, had not that bowguard on his wrist proved him false.

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