bowstring

UK: /ˈbəʊˌstrɪŋ/ US: /ˈboʊˌstrɪŋ/ ,(bō′string′)

Inflections of 'bowstring' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

bowstrings

v 3rd person singular

bowstringing

v pres p

bowstringed

v past

bowstrung

v past

bowstringed

v past p

bowstrung

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

bow•string /ˈboʊˌstrɪŋ/   n. [countable]

1. Sport the string of an archer's bow.
2. Music and Dance a string on the bow of a musical instrument, made of horsehair.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bow•string  (bō′string′), n., v., -stringed or -strung, -string•ing. 
n. 

1. Sport the string of an archer's bow.
2. Music and Dance a string, typically of horsehair, for the bow of an instrument of the violin and viol families.
3. (esp. in the Ottoman Empire) a similar string for killing people by strangulation.

v.t. 

4. to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.

• Middle English bowe streng. See bow², string 1350–1400

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bowstring / ˈbəʊˌstrɪŋ/ noun

1. the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp