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overstring

[ oh-ver-string ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·strung; o·ver·strung or (Rare) o·ver·stringed; o·ver·string·ing.
  1. Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
  2. Archery. to string (a bow) too tightly.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of overstring1

First recorded in 1875–80; over- + string

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