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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca