In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BOWSTRINGED
Verb
bowstringed
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
Adjective
bowstringed (not comparable)
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
Source: Wiktionary
Bow"stringed`, p.a.
1. Furnished with bowstring.
2. Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.
BOWSTRING
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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