He hooked the bowstring to his belt and put his right foot in the stirrup in front of the bow.
He kicked out sharply, straightening his right leg, and the bowstring snapped into place behind the catch.
Slowly the boy fitted the arrow to the bow, and slowly he pulled the bowstring taut.
Illustration: Slowly he pulled thebowstring taut 020] The old man peered from under his green leaf at the danger, and stood as quietly as the boy.
When I was a boy--" But Edwin, suddenly stopped by what he saw, was drawing the bowstring on a fitted arrow.
It is the nearest approach to the Sultan's bowstring which is permitted to the chief magistrate of our Republic.
Considerations of state have never yet failed the axe or the bowstring when a reason for the use of those convenient implements was wanted, and they are quite equal to every emergency which can arise in a republican autocracy.
Having gotten three shafts to his liking, merry Robin looked carefully to his bowstring ere he shot.
Leaning back with his hands clasped about his knees, he lazily watched Little John rolling a stout bowstring from long strands of hempen thread, wetting the palms of his hands ever and anon, and rolling the cord upon his thigh.
All saw that the King's archers were fairly beaten, and stout Gilbert clapped his palm to Robin's, owning that he could never hope to draw such a bowstring as Robin Hood or Little John.
The first man that toucheth finger to bowstring dieth!
His old strength seemed to come back to him, and, drawing the bowstring to his ear, he sped the arrow out of the open casement.
Little John twanged his bowstring with a shout, and when the Sheriff dashed in through the gates of Nottingham Town at full speed, a gray goose shaft stuck out behind him like a moulting sparrow with one feather in its tail.
Calculations made in this way give results which would justify the common method adopted in the construction of bowstring girders, viz.
The vertical component of the stress in the end bay of the top flange of the bowstring girder, Fig.
The following formulæ will give all the stresses in the bowstring girder, without the necessity of any diagrams, or basing any calculations on the assumed action of any of the members of the girders: Let S = span of girder.
The horizontal component of the stress in any other bay of the top or bottom flange of the bowstring girder--Fig.
The result of this is a complete set of stresses in all the members of the bowstring girder--see Fig.
That there is no single instance of compression in a vertical member of the bowstring girder, b.
In the same way the horizontal and vertical components of the stresses in each of the other bays of the flanges of the bowstring were found; and the stresses in the verticals and diagonals were found by addition, subtraction, and reduction.
The archer drew a spare bowstring from his case and had bound the prisoner as directed, when Nigel gave a sudden start and cry of alarm.
Aylward strung an arrow, but his bowstring was damp and the shaft rang loudly upon the shining breast-plate and glanced off into the sea.
There was a click as the trigger mechanism locked the bowstring in place and at the same time a concealed spring arrangement shoved an arrow into place against the string.
He caught the end of the bow over one of the sharp projections of rock on the ledge's rim and began to pull himself up, afraid to hurry lest the rock cut the bowstring in two and drop him back.
Two stiff wooden arms were inserted in the two skeins, and a specially strong bowstring joined the tips of these arms.
The block and with it thebowstring was next forced back against the resistance of the twisted skeins to the rear end of the trough, this being effected by a windlass attachment.
The twanging of the bowstring makes not his eyelids fall; the shout of the enemy is pleasant on his ear.
And Śiva’s bowstring twanged in vain; Its master of the Three bright Eyes Stood fixt in fury and surprise.
All arts of war each foeman knew, And trained alike, his bowstring drew.
They heard the fearful shout: they saw His mighty hand the bowstring draw, Yet could no wounded giant’s eye See the swift storm of arrows fly.
I looked, I looked, but never saw His mighty hand the bowstring draw That sent the deadly arrows out, While rang through air his battle-shout.
His dreadful shafts were by his side; His trusty bow he bent and plied, Prepared he stood: the bowstring rang, Filling the welkin with the clang.
Then anew The arrows from his bowstring flew, And pierced, well aimed with perfect art, Each limb and joint and vital part.
Thou shalt the world this day behold In wild disorder uncontrolled, With dying life which naught defends From the fierce storm my bowstring sends.
Sure thou wouldst see my strained arm hold My bow of battle backed with gold, Wouldst gaze upon its awful form Like lightning flashing through the storm, And hear the clanging bowstring loud As thunder from a labouring cloud.
And, from the bowstring freed, shall be Giver of freedom, King, to thee.
Then Gunnar said to Hallgerda, "Give me two locks of thy hair, and ye two, my mother and thou, twist them together into a bowstring for me.
Grim sees that there lies an axe edge up, so Grim crawled thither, and gets the bowstring which bound him cut asunder against the axe, but still he got great wounds on his arms.
Armed with bow and arrow, the deadly marksman was already taking aim at Biff with his bowstring fully drawn.
The Amazons of old, with a courage we might look for in vain amongst the other sex, were accustomed to amputate their right breast that it might not hinder the bowstring when they drew the arrow to its head.
They who observed the illustrious Arjuna at that time could not mark any interval between his fixing the arrows on the bowstring and letting them off.
Its arms were upraised; the hands held a bow; and the twang of the bowstringcame as one with the ripping thud of a shaft that was tearing through flesh.
In shooting the bow, the wrist of the bow hand was protected from being chafed by the bowstring by a small shield or "bracer" of bone or horn, strapped on with a thong.
Advantages of the Cantilever, Arch, and Bowstring Designs.
In advance the captain, the fatal bowstring hanging on his arm, and his eyes turned to obey the gesture of command to torture or to slay.
And with these words upon her lips, she kneels down, the executioner seizes her, and passes the fatal bowstring round her throat.
So he made a snare of his bowstring and set it in the trail overnight.
And Tavwots ran again; this time he cut the bowstringand set the sun free.
Tis one thing to murder or steal without fear of punishment, another even to lie with a bowstring about one's neck!
King and the taut bowstring of the populace gave out a surging thrill.
Sure I must be born to the bowstring since sudden death will not have me elseways!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bowstring" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: burn; crucify; decapitate; execute; garrote; guillotine; shoot; stone; strangle
