bowstring
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definition
verb
"We shall all be bowstrung if his excellency thinks us wanting in respect."
strangle with a bowstring (a former Turkish method of execution).
noun
Always use the manufacturer's recommended number of strands in the bowstring for the draw weight of the bow.
the string of an archer's bow, traditionally made of three strands of hemp.
example
They are worn to protect the arm from the 'bowstring' as it moves forward after the release.
I pulled the quiver from my shoulder and pressed the white button on the bow that sent the 'bowstring' from one end to the other in less than a second to protect from hand shock.
The centre lever is depressed to set the trigger, then the rope is looped around the 'bowstring' and locked into the jaw.
This 'bowstring' material is precision twisted with a smooth wax finish.
The main reason for this is that, at the instant when the arrow leaves the 'bowstring' , parts of the bow itself are moving.
Mark the location of the grip on the 'bowstring' and unstring the bow.
He had begun to poke his head up to fire at the balcony when a green flash sliced through horns, bridle, and stock, the taut 'bowstring' and fragments of bow whipping back to gouge his arm.
To release the arrow correctly, the fingers holding the 'bowstring' must allow the string to slip off the fingers.
He placed it perfectly in the bow drawing the 'bowstring' .
He reached for an arrow and nocked it on the 'bowstring' .
The 'bowstring' should have enough twists to keep the string round.
Always use the manufacturer's recommended number of strands in the 'bowstring' for the draw weight of the bow.
She replaced the 'bowstring' on her crossbow, having broken it earlier by catching it on the sheath of her sword.
When it was fixed on the 'bowstring' and pulled back, the arrow left the string with nothing pushing it.
Split the 'bowstring' strands at the marked location in line with the bow.
The grand vizier was sent for by the sultan, dismissed, and 'bowstrung' the next day.
The archers drew back their 'bowstrings' and took aim at the horde as it slowly inched forward.
"We shall all be 'bowstrung' if his excellency thinks us wanting in respect."
The easiest way of doing this is to have a ‘Tiller stick’ and a pair of 'bowstrings' .
I would recommend that all archers, of whatever discipline, should learn to make and serve 'bowstrings' , and set up and fletch arrows.
A forked nock suitable for trackless crossbows can be made by enlarging the fork of a plastic arrow nock with a file or a heated metal rod to fit around the larger diameter of crossbow 'bowstrings' .
The few that may have fled from the provinces would have been leaderless since all the provincial officers were 'bowstrung' by the Sultan's prearranged orders.
Some accounts of the battle say that the English archers had kept their flax 'bowstrings' dry by putting them under their helmets as it had been raining the day before.
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