2. Adjective. Having bends or corners. ¹
3. Adjective. (''in combination'') Having some specific type of elbow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elbowed
1. elbow [v] - See also: elbow
Medical Definition of Elbowed
1. Angular; kneed. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elbowed
Literary usage of Elbowed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck, Raymond Johnson (1895)
"If the soft rubber catheter will not pass, by far the most convenient instrument
in the majority of cases is the soft French " elbowed " catheter—-the ..."
2. A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a Brief Description by James Francis Stephens (1839)
"BARIS Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed ; fmic. 7-jointed; club obtusely ovate: rout,
linear, cylindric, longer than the head, bent : enter, kgt distant at base, ..."
3. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"orbicular and reniform ; the black elbowed line is followed by a broad red fascia
reaching from inner margin almost to costa. Hind wings dark grey with pale ..."
4. Society As I Have Found It by Ward MacAllister (1890)
"A Winter in Florence and Rome—Cheap Living and Good Cooking — Walnut-fed Turk,ys —
The Grand Duke of Tuscany's Ball—An American Girl who elbowed the King— ..."
5. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"The elbowed catheter again (Fig. 205) is often extremely useful, especially in
prostatic cases, as will be directly explained. FIG. 2Q6. ..."
6. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"... long .and elbowed, while there are eight simple eyes on each side of the head.
The species are found on the leaves of garden plants, and when disturbed ..."
7. A Practical treatise on the surgical diseases of the genito-urinary organs by William Holme Van Buren, E. L. Keyes (1880)
"It is an elbowed instrument, having a fixed angle (Fig. 64, A), or two angles (Fig.
64, .B), in the woven material of which it is constructed. ..."
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