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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

down-bow

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01 n. a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow, in bowing a stringed instrument. Contrasted with up-bow, when the bow is moved in tâ€Ĥ
  1. 1.
    a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow, in bowing a stringed instrument. Contrasted with up-bow, when the bow is moved in the opposite direction.(Music)