3 definitions found

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