Embowed

The Triskelion on the Flag of the Isle of Man

Embowed (/ɛmˈbd/) is a term in heraldry and architecture which means:

  • curved like a bow (when applied to fish, animals or heraldic charges)
  • bent (when applied to the human arm or leg), or
  • having an arch or arches but, in the Anglophone heraldries, concave ones, not bulging out convex ones.

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