bow·string /ˈboˌstrɪŋ/
弓弦,絞索(vt.)絞死
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.
Bow·string v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringed or Bowstrung p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.] To strangle with a bowstring.
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bowstring
n : the string of an archer's bow