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Bowstring

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bowstring"

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Word	Definition
sinewnoun	(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
bowstringernoun	(archery) A device for stringing a bow.
bowstring knotnoun	A type of open loop knot often used to form a lariat, or for a bowstring end, as the name suggests.
warbownoun	A bow (weapon that shoots arrows) used in combat.
composite bownoun	(archery) A bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together.
bowstring bridgenoun	A tied-arch bridge, which has an upper arch tied to the bridge deck below.
footbownoun	A bow whose arc is kept in place by the archer's feet when its string is drawn by hand.
shortbownoun	A small bow that has a strong tension, and is usually about a meter tall.
bow and arrownoun	A weapon consisting of a bow and a supply of arrows, often kept in a quiver.
selfbownoun	(archery) A bow made from a single piece of wood (often referred to as a bow stave).
flatbownoun	(archery) a bow with non-recurved, flat, relatively wide limbs that are approximately rectangular in cross-section.
saddlebownoun	Alternative form of saddle bow. [The front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.]
bowstavenoun	The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
bow gripnoun	(music) The refined and precise manner of holding the bow of a bowed string instrument.
self bownoun	Alternative form of selfbow. [(archery) A bow made from a single piece of wood (often referred to as a bow stave).]
musical bownoun	(music) A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.
shaft bownoun	Part of a horse harness, an arch from shaft to shaft over the horse's shoulders.
saddle bownoun	The front part of a saddle that is arched up like an archer's bow.
limbnoun	A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
stringboardnoun	(architecture, carpentry) A stringpiece.