BOWSTRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bowstring mean? 

• BOWSTRING (noun)
  The noun BOWSTRING has 1 sense:

1. the string of an archer's bow

  Familiarity information: BOWSTRING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWSTRING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The string of an archer's bow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bowstring" is a kind of...):

cord (a line made of twisted fibers or threads)

Holonyms ("bowstring" is a part of...):

bow (a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow)

 Context examples 

The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly: he looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)