bowstring

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bowstring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n.
     1. The string of a bow.
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     2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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     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.
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  Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor
     Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]
     To strangle with a bowstring.
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bowstring - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bowstring
      n 1: the string of an archer's bow