bough

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It was ordered that this bough should be at once removed.

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  1. noun A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English bōh; see bhāghu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also bow, bowe, etc.; from Middle English bough, bogh, boʒ, boʒe, bowe, etc., from Anglo-Saxon bōg, bōh, the arm, shoulder of an animal, also a branch of a tree (the latter sense peculiar to English and Anglo-Saxon), = MD, boech, Dutch boeg, bow of a ship, = Middle Low German bōch, būch, shoulder, bow of a ship; Old High German buog, upper part of the arm or leg, shoulder, hip, shoulder of an animal, Middle High German buoc, German bug, shoulder, withers (of horses), = Icelandic bōgr = Norwegian bog = Swedish bog = Danish bov, shoulder of an animal, bow of a ship (later English bow), = Greek πῆχυς, dial. πᾶχυς, the forearm, = Sanskrit bāhu, the arm, forearm; root unknown, but not connected with bow (Anglo-Saxon būgan, etc.), bend, with some derivatives of which, however, the word has been in part confused. A doublet of bow, q. v.
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