bowstring

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bowstring englannista suomeksi

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bowstring englanniksi

1. The string of an archer's bow.

2. (quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|year_published=1963|page=191|passage=For an instant he glanced along the polished shaft, drawing the bowstring far back, that the arrow might pierce through the heart for which it was aimed.

3. The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.

4. To strangle with a bowstring.

5. {{quote-text|en|year=1850|author=Edgar Allan Poe|title=s:The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

6. 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.