1. U-shaped bends in a river or stream
Usage: geography
2. U-shaped wooden collars that fit around an ox’s neck to attach it to a yoke
Usage: farming; historical

Examples

• The river formed several oxbows as it meandered through the valley.
• Over time, some oxbows become cut off from the main river channel.
• The old farmer still had wooden oxbows hanging in his barn.
• Oxbows were essential equipment for farmers who used oxen to plow fields.
• The geography class studied how oxbows develop in slow-moving rivers.
• Ancient oxbows can be seen in aerial photographs of the floodplain.