bluff-bowed en · ADJ
Meanings
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(archaic) Having broad and flat bows.
“[...] he thereby may be said to transform himself from a bluff-bowed sluggish galliot into a sharppointed New York pilot-boat."
1851, Herman Melville, chapter 61, in Moby Dick:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more bluff-bowed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most bluff-bowed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |