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Definition of Bowstrings
1. bowstring [v] - See also: bowstring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowstrings
Literary usage of Bowstrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"All these harps distinctly show the instrument's original form; a great bow,
whose harp-strings take the place of bowstrings. In this case, again, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Bridge-construction: Being a Text-book on the Design by Thomas Claxton Fidler (1887)
"Series of Relieved bowstrings.—Acting upon the above principle, we may construct
a viaduct of three or any number of spans consisting of a series of ..."
3. The Antiquarian (1871)
"consequent upon which he was to stand in the pillory on Cornhill for one hour of
the clay, while his bowstrings were burnt beneath him. ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Bridge-construction: Being a Text-book on the Design by Thomas Claxton Fidler (1887)
"Series of Believed bowstrings.—Acting upon the above principle, we may construct
a viaduct of three or any number of spans consisting of a series of ..."