Obs. [f. BOW sb.1 + LINE.] An arc of a circle.
1551. Recorde, Pathw. Knowl., I. xxii. Draw a cord or stryngline crosse the circle, then deuide into .ij. equall partes, both that corde, and also the bowe line, or arche line, that serueth to that corde. Ibid., I. xi. A bowline.
