Bower \Bo"wer\, n. [From {Bow}, v. & n.]
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1. One who bows or bends.
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2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
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3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]
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His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers
Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew.
--Spenser.
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{Best bower}, {Small bower}. See {the Note under Anchor}.
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