Double Bowed

The entire hull of the vessel, excepting the double-bowed superstructure, was left unpainted, and it shone like a polished mirror. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

His voice is giftwrapped in tissue paper, scattered with rose petals, double-bowed with red ribbon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mistletoe hung from the chandelier; gay bunting and strands of gold and silver tinsel draped the bookcase and the writing desk; holly and myrtle covered the wall brackets, and red tissue paper shaded all of the electric light globes; big candles and little candles flickered on the mantelpiece, and some were red and some were white and yet others were green and blue with the paint that Mr. Bingle had applied with earnest though artless disregard for subsequent odours; packages done up in white and tied with red ribbon, neatly double-bowed, formed a significant centrepiece for the ornate mahogany library table -- and one who did not know the Bingles would have looked about in quest of small fry with popping, covetous eyes and sleekly brushed hair. ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)