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Webster 1913 Edition
Bowstring
Bow′stringˊ
,Noun.
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′stringˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bowstringed
or Bowstrung
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowstringing
.] To strangle with a bowstring.
Definition 2024
bowstring
bowstring
English
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.
Derived terms
- (string of an archer's bow): bowstring bridge, bowstring girder, bowstring hemp
Translations
string of an archer's bow
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Verb
bowstring (third-person singular simple present bowstrings, present participle bowstringing, simple past and past participle bowstrung or bowstringed)
- (transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.
- 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade":
- When the day broke […] it was high time for her to get up and be bowstrung—a thing very little more pleasant than hanging, only a trifle more genteel.
- 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade":