OVERSTRING Definition & Meaning

overstring

[ oh-ver-string ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

overstrung; overstrung or (Rare) overstringed; overstringing.

Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
Archery. to string (a bow) too tightly.

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Origin of overstring¹

First recorded in 1875–80; over- + string

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But the cedar bow must be cared for like a delicate machine; overstring it, and it breaks; twang it without an arrow, and it sunders the cords; scratch it, and it may splinter; wet it, and it is dead; let it lie on the ground, even, and it is weakened.

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