bowswoman noun2 •A female archer.To-morrow we’ll try for deer in the backwoods, you are no bad bowswoman yourself, […] — 1864 •(rare) A female sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.So he passed it along to Salanda, who was, if we may be allowed that expression, bowswoman. She stood it upright in the bows. — 1855 formsbowswomen
