bow-string

I gave Rob some bows and arrows, a bow-stringing jig and a bow-string thrust guide that Kenny carved by hand out of rosewood.

Carol Jones: The Ken Jones Honorary Yard Sale, Taxes, and Apache Lore Carol Jones 2010

To the twang of a bow-string, Mackenzie swept low to the ground, and a bone-barbed arrow passed over him into the breast of the Bear, whose momentum carried him over his crouching foe.

The Sun of the Wolf 2010

The bow-string twanged, the arrow leaped upward, and Broken-Tooth, uttering a terrible scream, fell off the branch.

CHAPTER VII 2010

I gave Rob some bows and arrows, a bow-stringing jig and a bow-string thrust guide that Kenny carved by hand out of rosewood.

Carol Jones: The Ken Jones Honorary Yard Sale, Taxes, and Apache Lore Carol Jones 2010

To the twang of a bow-string, Mackenzie swept low to the ground, and a bonebarbed arrow passed over him into the breast of the

The Son of the Wolf 2010

Ten chances but you plead your own cause, man, for I may be brought up by a sabre, or a bow-string, before I make my pack up; then your road to Menie will be free and open, and, as you will be possessed of the situation of comforter ex officio, you may take her

The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

Before the battle, the French has threatened to cut off the first two fingers, the 'draw' fingers which an archer uses to pull his bow-string of every English bowman they could find.

An English Haka Not a sheep 2007

“The blasphemous dog!” said Yeo, fumbling at his bow-string, as if he longed to send an arrow through him.

Westward Ho! 2007

That fellow behind your chair may be a Janissary with a bow-string in his plush breeches pocket.

Vanity Fair 2006

“Mercy! mercy!” cries the Pasha: while the Kislar Aga, grinning horribly, pulls out — a bow-string.

Vanity Fair 2006