An oxbow is part of oxen tack: a u-shaped collar, the upper parts of which are fastened to a yoke.
Oxbow also commonly refers to a wide meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop; or, when the meander is cut off, the resulting oxbow lake.
Oxbow may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Oxbow (band), a music group from San Francisco "Oxbow", a song from the album Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee The Oxbow, an 1836 painting by Thomas Cole
Communities Canada Oxbow, New Brunswick, a community Oxbow, Saskatchewan, a town
United States Oxbow Estates, Arizona, a census-designated place Oxbow, Maine, an unincorporated township Oxbow, New York, a hamlet Oxbow, North Dakota, a small city Oxbow, Oregon, a populated place Oxbo, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Parks and historical sites Canada Oxbow National Historic Site, an historic place in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada
United States Oxbow Archeological District, near Midland, Michigan Oxbow Historic District, in northern Newbury, Vermont Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, in Middlesex and Worcester counties in Massachusetts Oxbow Park (Seattle), a public park in Washington state Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo, a campground and zoo located in Olmsted County, Minnesota Oxbow Regional Park, a natural area park in Oregon
Waterways, lakes, and dams The Oxbow (Connecticut River), a body of water in Northampton, Massachusetts, and subject of a Thomas Cole painting Oxbow Creek, a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Oxbow Dam, located on the Snake River at the Idaho-Oregon border Oxbow Inlet, a tributary of Oxbow Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Oxbow Lake (New York), in Hamilton County, New York Oxbow Lake (Virginia), in Saint Paul, Virginia
Other uses Oxbow (horse), the 2013 Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow (surfwear), a French sporting equipment and apparel company Oxbow Books, a UK archaeology publisher and bookseller Oxbow Airport, adjacent to Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada Oxbow code, fragments of program code that were once needed but which are now never used Oxbow complex, a Late Archaic period complex situated in the Northern Great Plains Oxbow Corporation, an American energy company owned by Bill Koch Oxbow orthohantavirus, an RNA virus Oxbow School, a single semester high school in Napa, California Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, in Saugatuck, Michigan
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