cut string

British  

noun

1. another name for bridgeboard

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Example Sentences

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

Sholto bent down and with his dagger cut string by string the stout leathern twists which secured the knight's mail.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

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)

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

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

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