Wondering how to use Bowstring in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as cord.
Bowstring meaning
- The string of an archer's bow.
- The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
Synonyms of Bowstring
Using Bowstring
- The main meaning on this page is: The string of an archer's bow. | The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
- Useful related words include: cord.
- In the example corpus, bowstring often appears in combinations such as: the bowstring, bowstring would, bowstring back.
Context around Bowstring
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bowstring
- In this selection, "bowstring" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, accelerates stand out and add context to how "bowstring" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the bowstring and because the bowstring accelerates faster. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bowstring" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bowstring
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This keeps the forearm out of the way of the bowstring. (11 words)
The bowstring and arrow are held with three fingers, or with a mechanical arrow release. (15 words)
Of the remaining energy, some is dampened both by the limbs of the bow and the bowstring. (17 words)
This is because the bowstring accelerates faster than the archer's fingers can open, and consequently some sideways motion is imparted to the string, and hence arrow nock, as the power and speed of the bow pulls the string off the opening fingers. (43 words)
Depending on the arrow's elasticity, some of the energy is also absorbed by compressing the arrow, primarily because the release of the bowstring is rarely in line with the arrow shaft, causing it to flex out to one side. (40 words)
The slider passed through the field frames of the weapon, in which were located the torsion springs (rope made of animal sinew ), which were twisted around the bow arms, which in turn, were attached to the bowstring. (37 words)
Example sentences (12)
A piece of battle advice was to have several rings tied onto the bowstring in case one broke.
As the battle wore on, the arm and shoulder muscles would tire from exertion, the fingers holding the bowstring would strain and the stress of combat would slacken the rate of fire.
Attached to this, at the back, was a pair of ' winches ' and a 'claw', used to ratchet the bowstring back to the armed firing position.
Depending on the arrow's elasticity, some of the energy is also absorbed by compressing the arrow, primarily because the release of the bowstring is rarely in line with the arrow shaft, causing it to flex out to one side.
Drawing the bowstring back with the winches twisted the already taut springs, storing the energy to fire the projectiles.
Of the remaining energy, some is dampened both by the limbs of the bow and the bowstring.
The back of the arrow is attached to the bowstring with the nock (a small locking groove located at the proximal end of the arrow).
The bowstring and arrow are held with three fingers, or with a mechanical arrow release.
The bowstring would have a small ring that is tied onto the string at the proper point where the nock would normally be placed.
The slider passed through the field frames of the weapon, in which were located the torsion springs (rope made of animal sinew ), which were twisted around the bow arms, which in turn, were attached to the bowstring.
This is because the bowstring accelerates faster than the archer's fingers can open, and consequently some sideways motion is imparted to the string, and hence arrow nock, as the power and speed of the bow pulls the string off the opening fingers.
This keeps the forearm out of the way of the bowstring.
Common combinations with bowstring
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: