bowstring
Syllables: bow·stringUK/ˈbəʊ.stɹɪŋ//ˈboʊ.stɹɪŋ/
bowstring noun: the string of an archer's bow.
Noun
bowstring (plural bowstrings)
- The string of an archer's bow.
- For an instant he glanced along the polished shaft, drawing the bowstring far back, that the arrow might pierce through the heart for which it was aimed.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 191
- The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
Verb
bowstring (third-person singular simple present bowstrings, present participle bowstringing, simple past and past participle bowstrung or bowstringed)
- To strangle with a bowstring.
- When the day broke […] it was high time for her to get up and be bowstrung—a thing very little more pleasant than hanging, only a trifle more genteel.1850, Edgar Allan Poe, The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
- I have seen (on one of my imaginary tours) the Sultan of Turkey bowstring with his own hands one of his wives who had uncovered her face in public.1909, O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), A Municipal Report
bowstring meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
bowstring in Hindi
- string of an archer's bow
- ज्या jyā, प्रत्यंचा pratyañcā
bowstring in Tamil
- ஆவம், பூட்டு, வின்னாண், வில் நாண், நார், நாணி
bowstring in Marathi
- string of an archer's bow
- प्रत्यंचा pratyañcā
bowstring in Telugu
- string of an archer's bow
- అల్లె alle
More languagesFewer languages
- bowstring in Malayalam
- ഞാൺ ñāṇ, വിൽഞാൺ vilñāṇ
- bowstring in Kannada
- ಜ್ಯಾ jyā
- bowstring in Gujarati
- પણછ paṇach, ગુણ guṇ
- bowstring in Sanskrit
- ज्या jyā́
- bowstring in Nepali
- प्रत्यंचा pratyañcā
- bowstring in Arabic
- وَتَر watar
- bowstring in Vietnamese
- dây cung
- bowstring in Myanmar
- လေးကြိုး le:krui:
Forms of bowstring
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bowstrings |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bowstrings |
| present participle | bowstringing |
| past participle | bowstrung |
| past | bowstrung |
| past participle | bowstringed |
| past | bowstringed |
Origin of bowstring
From bow + string.
Words formed from bowstring
- bowstring bridge
- bowstring girder
- bowstring hemp
- bowstring knot
- viper's bowstring hemp
Phrases with bowstring
Questions about bowstring
- What does bowstring mean?
- Bowstring means the string of an archer's bow.
- What is bowstring in Hindi?
- Bowstring in Hindi is ज्या (jyā), प्रत्यंचा (pratyañcā). See Bowstring meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bowstring?
- Bowstring can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bowstring?
- Bowstring is pronounced /ˈboʊ.stɹɪŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of bowstring?
- The plural of bowstring is bowstrings.
Words near bowstring in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bowstring (page history and authors); bowstring (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಜ್ಯಾ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ગુણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ज्या (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); प्रत्यंचा (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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