English-Thai Dictionary

bowstring

N สาย ธนู 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BOWSTRING

BOWSTRING Bow "string `, n.

 

1. The string of a bow.

 

2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. -- Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. -- Bowstring hemp (Bot. ), the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. Balfour.

 

BOWSTRING

Bow "string `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringed ( or Bowstrung (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.]

 

Defn: To strangle with a bowstring.

 

BOWSTRINGED

BOWSTRINGED Bow "stringed `, p.a.

 

1. Furnished with bowstring.

 

2. Put to death with a bowstring; strangled.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bowstring

bow string |ˈbōˌstriNG ˈboʊˌstrɪŋ | ▶noun the string of an archer's bow, traditionally made of three strands of hemp. ▶verb ( past and past participle bowstrung ) [ with obj. ] historical strangle with a bowstring (a former Turkish method of execution ).

 

bowstring hemp

bow string hemp ▶noun another term for sansevieria.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bowstring

bowstring |ˈbəʊstrɪŋ | ▶noun the string of an archer's bow, traditionally made of three strands of hemp. ▶verb ( past and past participle bowstrung ) [ with obj. ] historical strangle with a bowstring (a former Turkish method of execution ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Bowstringhanf

Bow string hanf Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈboʊstrɪŋ …|der Bowstringhanf; Genitiv: des Bowstringhanf [e ]s englisch ; deutsch in Afrika als Bogensehne verwendeter Hanf aus Blattfasern

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bowstring

b ó w str ì ng /bóʊ -/名詞 C 弓の弦 .