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bowstrung

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bow⋅string

[boh-string] noun, verb, -stringed or -strung, -string⋅ing.
–noun
1. the string of an archer's bow.
2. 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.
–verb (used with object)
4. to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME bowe streng. See bow 2 , string
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