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Definition of Bowstring
1. Noun. The string of an archer's bow.
Definition of Bowstring
1. n. The string of a bow.
2. v. t. To strangle with a bowstring.
Definition of Bowstring
1. Noun. the string of an archer's bow ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to strangle with a bowstring ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowstring
1. [v -STRINGED, -STRUNG, -STRINGING, -STRINGS]
Medical Definition of Bowstring
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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowstring
Literary usage of Bowstring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Strains in Framed Structures, with Numerous Practical Applications to by Augustus Jay Du Bois (1883)
"The bowstring girder, Fig. 54, consists of a curved upper chord, ... The double
bowstring or bowstring suspension, or lenticular truss, Fig. ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Bridge-construction: Being a Text-book on the Design by Thomas Claxton Fidler (1887)
"We have seen that the upright bowstring may be converted into an arch if the ends
of the bow are supported by abutments which are capable of resisting their ..."
3. A Text Book on Roofs and Bridges by Mansfield Merriman, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1917)
"A through bowstring truss has six panels each 15 feet long, ... THE PARABOLIC
bowstring TRUSS. When the panel points of the broken chord of a bowstring ..."
4. A Text Book on Roofs and Bridges by Mansfield Merriman, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1896)
"The bowstring truss is sometimes built without counter-ties, ... THE PARABOLIC
bowstring TRUSS. The apex points of the upper chord of a bowstring truss ..."
5. The Stresses in Framed Structures: Including the Strength of Materials and by Augustus Jay Du Bois (1896)
"The bowstring girder, Fig. 54, consists of a curved upper chord, ... This truss
has all the advantages of the double bowstring, and is said to be from 4 to ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The quantity of metal required for tho girder exceeds that for the arch in the
ratio of about 175 to 100 ; a similar calculation for a bowstring rig. ..."
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