Definition of "bowstring" in английский

noun

1. The string of an archer's bow.

2. (historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

verb

1. (transitive) To strangle with a bowstring.

   • 1909, O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), A Municipal Report I have seen (on one of my imaginary tours) the Sultan of Turkey bowstring with his own hands one of his wives who had uncovered her face in public.