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[boh-string]

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noun

the string of an archer's bow.

a string, typically of horsehair, for the bow of an instrument of the violin and viol families.

(especially in the Ottoman Empire) a similar string for killing people by strangulation.

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verb (used with object)

to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English bowe streng. See bow², string

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bowstring (ˈbəʊˌstrɪŋ)

—n
	the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp

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