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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bowstring \Bow"string'\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bowstringed}or {Bowstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bowstringing}.] To strangle with a bowstring.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bowstring \Bow"string'\, noun
1. The string of a bow.
2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bowstring
noun: the string of an archer's bow
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