/boh"string'/ , n. , v. , bowstringed or bowstrung, bowstringing .
n.
1. the string of an archer's bow.
2. a string, typically of horsehair, for the bow of an instrument of the violin and viol families.
3. (esp. in the Ottoman Empire) a similar string for killing people by strangulation.
v.t.
4. to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.
[ 1350-1400; ME bowe streng. See BOW 2 , STRING ]