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BOWSTRING
bowstring
(noun) the string of an archer’s bow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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