(music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:
Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestría
He was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery