cut string

British  

noun

1. another name for bridgeboard

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Example Sentences

The only rope trick I have ever seen performed by an Indian conjuror, is that of "The cut string restored," as it is called in England.

From Indian Conjuring by Branson, L. H. (Lionel Hugh)

So he started undoing the elaborate knot of a brown paper parcel to soothe his nerves—George never cut string.

From Balloons by Bibesco, Elizabeth

She showed Bunny and Sue, also Mother Brown, where the cut string hung dangling from the edge of one shutter.

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm by Nosworthy, Florence England

Take this sword, Eggleston," he had said, "use it for the State; never for anything else: don't cut string with it or open tin cans.

From Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen

The tension over the room snapped at the sound of it like a cut string.

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Norris, Kathleen Thompson