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Meanings of bowstring in English

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Usage of bowstring in English
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The other boy took an arrow and placed it on the bowstring.
Daniel Boone / Taming the Wilds
2
Quinola The Grand Turk himself never offered the bowstring with greater delicacy.
The Resources of Quinola: A Comedy in a Prologue and Five Acts
3
His bowstring appeared taut, though; that, he had protected from the rain.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
4
The bowstring he made of the finer tendons from the deer's shank.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
5
The art deco-style bowstring structure, built between 1933 and… Read more Audio
Radio NZ
6
That for one belonging to the royal order should be a bowstring.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
7
When Greathouse's voice came, it was as tight as an Iroquois' bowstring.
Mister Slaughter
8
Promptly he put an arrow to his bowstring and took deft aim.
The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (12...
9
Emotionally, his nerves were strung tighter than a bowstring ready to snap.
Truths unveiled
10
Charles followed, taut as a drawn bowstring, gathering his cloak about him.
Anno Dracula
11
The boy rides in under the portcullis, as taut as a bowstring.
The White Princess
12
Didn't they cut off their hair to make bowstring for their abductors?
Vane of the Timberlands
13
The bowstring twanged and the arrow flew whizzing through the air.
Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
14
The arrow can go only as far as the tension in the bowstring.
Helen of troy
15
Artemis complied, and she pulled the bowstring as far back as she could.
Book Two: Descent
16
The rear end of his arrow was now notched to receive the bowstring.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
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