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bowstring
[ boh-string ]
noun
- the string of an archer's bow.
- a string, typically of horsehair, for the bow of an instrument of the violin and viol families.
- (especially in the Ottoman Empire) a similar string for killing people by strangulation.
verb (used with object)
bowstringed or bowstrung, bowstringing.
- to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.
bowstring
/ ˈəʊˌٰɪŋ /
noun
- the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bowstring1
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Among the findings are arrows preserved with their original feathers, remains of fibres, and two bowstrings made of animal sinews, which are the oldest found so far in Europe.
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Loading the arrow with the toes of his right foot, he leans forward to latch the bowstring with a hook attached to his right shoulder.
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That’s where the bowstring had snapped and punished his terrible form.
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Her bowstring had snapped against her arm once, and the long bruise that formed didn’t go away for more than a week.
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“Now it will not get caught in your bowstring.”
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