bowstring
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bowstring englanniksi
The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
To strangle with a bowstring.
{{quote-text|en|year=1850|author=Edgar Allan Poe|title=s:The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
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.