Single bow is a term used in car design. (In the UK often called "straight through".)
Cars were traditionally fitted with two wheel arcs, one over the front wheel and one over the rear wheel. This traditional style from horse carriages was adapted by motor-cars in double bow designs. The single bow design appeared in the 1950s and has been the norm of car-design since.
Famous quotes containing the words single and/or bow:
“And a single small cottage, a nest like a dove’s,
The one only dwelling on earth that she loves.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“I unknit.
Words fly out of place
and I, long into the desert,
drink and drink
and bow my head to that meadow
the breast, the melon in it....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)