Definition of "ballow"

ballow¹

/ˈbæ.ləʊ/

adjective
comparative more ballow, superlative most ballow
1. (obsolete) Round; pot-bellied.
  Quotations
  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;
  1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 3 p. 40

ballow²

/ˈbæ.ləʊ/

noun
plural ballows
1. (nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.