Bow-hand
Archery. the hand that holds the bow, the left hand for right-handed people.
Music. the hand that draws the bow.
Historical Examples
The Life Of Abraham Lincoln Ward H. Lamon
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes
McClure’s Magazine December, 1895 Edited by Ida M. Tarbell
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