† ˈbowland, ppl. a. Obs. Sc.
[app. pr. pple. of bowl v.3]
Curving, crooked, hooked.
| 1513 Douglas æneis iii. iv. 15 With handis like to bowland birdis clewis. Ibid. vi. ix. 135 Ane hiddeous grip with busteous bowland beik His maw immortale doith pik. |