BOWSTRING

bowstring

(noun) the string of an archer’s bow

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bowstring (plural bowstrings)

The string of an archer's bow.

(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

Verb

bowstring (third-person singular simple present bowstrings, present participle bowstringing, simple past and past participle bowstringed or bowstrung)

(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.

Source: Wiktionary

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Bow"string`, n.

1. The string of a bow.

2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch.

– Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends.

– Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. Balfour.

Bow"string`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringed ( or Bowstrung (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]

Definition: To strangle with a bowstring.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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