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