bowstring
వింటినారి
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
Mark the location of the grip on the 'bowstring' and unstring the bow.
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.
She replaced the 'bowstring' on her crossbow, having broken it earlier by catching it on the sheath of her sword.
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.
The main reason for this is that, at the instant when the arrow leaves the 'bowstring' , parts of the bow itself are moving.
They are worn to protect the arm from the 'bowstring' as it moves forward after the release.
When it was fixed on the 'bowstring' and pulled back, the arrow left the string with nothing pushing it.
This 'bowstring' material is precision twisted with a smooth wax finish.
Always use the manufacturer's recommended number of strands in the 'bowstring' for the draw weight of the bow.
To release the arrow correctly, the fingers holding the 'bowstring' must allow the string to slip off the fingers.
He reached for an arrow and nocked it on the 'bowstring' .
He placed it perfectly in the bow drawing the 'bowstring' .
The 'bowstring' should have enough twists to keep the string round.
The centre lever is depressed to set the trigger, then the rope is looped around the 'bowstring' and locked into the jaw.
Split the 'bowstring' strands at the marked location in line with the bow.
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.
I would recommend that all archers, of whatever discipline, should learn to make and serve 'bowstrings' , and set up and fletch arrows.
The easiest way of doing this is to have a ‘Tiller stick’ and a pair of 'bowstrings' .
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.
The archers drew back their 'bowstrings' and took aim at the horde as it slowly inched forward.
The grand vizier was sent for by the sultan, dismissed, and 'bowstrung' the next day.
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' .
"We shall all be 'bowstrung' if his excellency thinks us wanting in respect."
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