Sekirov Dictionary

bowstring

UK /ˈbəʊ.stɹɪŋ/US /ˈboʊ.stɹɪŋ/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 4

noun2

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The string of an archer's bow.
- For an instant he glanced along the polished shaft, drawing the bowstring far back, that the arrow might pierce through the heart for which it was aimed. — 1913
(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

verb1

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To strangle with a bowstring.
- 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

forms

bowstringed · bowstrung · bowstringing · bowstrings

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