Bowstring

Bow·string

Bowstring

n.
  1. The string of a bow.
  2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

Phrases & Compounds
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
the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made.

Bowstring

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Bowstringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing

  1. To strangle with a bowstring.