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bowstring definition

bow·string (bō′striŋ′)

noun

  1. a cord stretched from one end of an archer's bow to the other
  2. any strong, light cord

transitive verb bowstringed -·stringed′ or bowstrung -·strung′, bowstringing -·string′·ing

to strangle with a bowstring; garrote

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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