longbowstringmaker

A manufacturer of strings for longbows.

Noun

  1. A manufacturer of strings for longbows.
    • 1968, James Edwin Oxley, Worshipful Company of Fletchers, The Fletchers and Longbowstringmakers of London (See title.)
    • […] a nautically-inclined 'potekary', longbowstringmaker and taverner. - 2003, Geoffrey Vaughn Scammell, Seafaring, Sailors and Trade, 1450-1750, page 108:
    • Although he was apprenticed to a longbowstringmaker, he evidently earned his living as a wiredrawer. - 2008, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register:

Origin

From longbow + string + maker.

Forms

longbowstringmakers