3. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. Milton.
4. The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. "An instrument of ten strings." Ps. xxx. iii. 2. Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. Milton.
5. The line or cord of a bow. Ps. xi. 2. He twangs the grieving string. Pope.
6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root. Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom. Bacon.
7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body. The string of his tongue was loosed. Mark vii. 35.
8. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
9. (Bot.)
Defn: The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
10. (Mining)