<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The string of an archer's bow.</li><li>A string, typically of horsehair, for the bow of an instrument of the violin and viol families.</li><li>(especially in the Ottoman Empire) a similar string for killing people by strangulation.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) bow-stringed or bow-strung, bow-stringing: to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>