The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bowstringing
Bowstring \Bow"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowstringedor Bowstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowstringing.] To strangle with a bowstring.
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bowstringing
vb. (present participle of bowstring English)
Usage examples of "bowstringing".
He did not imitate his Mussulman prototypes to the extent of bowstringing or decapitating the condemned, nor did he cut any thief's hands off, nor yet nail his ears to a doorpost, but he introduced a modification of the bastinado that made those who were punished by it even wish they were dead.