Also spelled fiddle-bow
noun
Meanings
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noun
a bow used to sound the strings of a fiddle or violin
The musician drew the fiddlebow lightly across the strings.
Thesaurus
Etymology
A compound of fiddle + bow. Bow here is the flexible, horsehair-strung implement drawn across a stringed instrument, not the weapon; fiddle-bow and fiddlebow have both been used.