Wiktionary
alt. The front part of the saddle that is arched up like a bow. n. The front part of the saddle that is arched up like a bow.
Usage examples of "saddle bow".
Nevyn came back from gathering firewood to find his splendid black horse, shield hanging at the saddle bow, standing in front of the hut.
His companion, a bigger man with a sword on his back and another at his saddle bow, kept his cowl up, but Perrin thought his head was shaved, too.
Murmuring brief instructions, Nils strung his saddle bow, then began to ease upstream while Hans moved down, to cross away from the cattle and flank them.
Dy Ferrej leaned across his saddle bow to grasp her hand, in consolation for the tears standing in her eyes.
An unexpected blow to his back sent him against his saddle bow as his head was buffeted on either side.
But here, what is this strange thing you have across your saddle bow?