meandering vs oxbow

meandering

adj
  • Winding or rambling. 

noun
  • An instance or period of roaming. 

oxbow

noun
  • A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts fastened to its yoke 

  • A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop 

How often have the words meandering and oxbow occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )