Definition of "tows" [tows]

• Plural form of tow. (noun)

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• "Millions of Americans struggling for their basic needs are relying on food bonds, standing in tows for hours."
• "They were ascending the current, and pushing their "tows" of two, four, and six long, wide coal-barges fastened in pairs in front of them."
• "a company which gathered them up into "tows," and with powerful steamers dragged them down the river until the sorting grounds were reached, where they were turned into the "booms" to await their time for execution -- in other words, their sawing up."