harpstring
English
Alternative forms
- harp-string, harp string
Etymology
From Middle English harpestring, harpestryng, harpe streng, from Old English hearpestreng (“harpstring”),equivalent to harp + string. Cognate with Swedish harpsträng (“harpstring”), Icelandic hörpustrengur (“harpstring”).
Noun
harpstring (plural harpstrings)
- The string of a harp.
- 2001, Jane Lane, A State of Mind, page 127:
- […] her voice shook like a harpstring.
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