Definition of bowyer
: a maker of shooting bows
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Zeljko Ilicic, bowyer, a maker of wooden bows and arrows, moulds a piece of wood to make a bow, in his workshop in the town of Lapovo, in central Serbia, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.
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Bow makers, known as bowyers, layer the wood with fiberglass, resin and occasionally some carbon (similar to what’s done in ski construction).
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Bowyer won at Sonoma in 2012 and is piloting the car that Tony Stewart drove to victory — the last of Stewart’s NASCAR career — last year.
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Origin and Etymology of bowyer
Middle English bowyere
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