Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

bowed

bowed , adjective

1.
bent over; -- used of back or head.
2.
(Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with plucked.
3.
resembling an arch.
4.
same as bow-legged.
5.
submitting to the authority of another.