Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bowstring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bowstring \Bow"string`\, n.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowstringed}or
{Bowstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bowstringing}.]
To strangle with a bowstring.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bowstring
n : the string of an archer's bow
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