Associations to the word «Bowstring»

Wiktionary

BOWSTRING, noun. The string of an archer's bow.
BOWSTRING, noun. (historical) A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
BOWSTRING, verb. (transitive) to strangle with a bowstring

Dictionary definition

BOWSTRING, noun. The string of an archer's bow.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky