bowstring vs hank

bowstring

noun
  • The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders. 

  • The string of an archer's bow. 

verb
  • To strangle with a bowstring. 

hank

noun
  • A rope or withe for fastening a gate. 

  • A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down. 

  • A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope. 

  • Doubt, difficulty. 

  • Mess, tangle. 

  • A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward. 

verb
  • To form into hanks. 

  • To fasten with a rope, as a gate. 

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