ballow/ˈbæ.ləʊ/EtymologyFrom Middle English balowe, balwe, balgh, from Old English bælg, bæliġ (“bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod, husk”), from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Doublet of belly, bellows, and bulge.nameA surname.adjRound; pot-bellied.“A horse of greater speed, nor yet a righter hound, Not any where twixt Kent and Calidon is found. Nor yet the levell South can shewe a smoother Race, Whereas the ballow Nag out-strips the winds in chase;”nounDeep water inside a shoal or bar.