bowstring Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the string of an archer's bow

WordNet

Bow"string` noun
Definitions
  1. The string of a bow.
  2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Balfour.
Bow"string` transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bowstringed ∨ Bowstrung ; present participle & verbal noun Bowstringing
Definitions
  1. To strangle with a bowstring.

Webster 1913