drawstring

English

noun

Definitions

A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).

Etymology

Compound from English draw (move by pulling) + English string.

Origin

English

string

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

adraw English
bandstring English
bedraw English
bitstring English
bonnetstring English
bootstring English
bowstring English
bytestring English
capstring English
checkstring English
counterdraw English
destring English
docstring English
dogdraw English
downdraw English
draught English
draw English
draw weight English
draw-up English
drawability English
drawable English
drawback English
drawbar English
drawbench English
drawbolt English
drawbore English
drawboy English
drawbridge English
drawcard English
drawcord English
drawdown English
drawee English
drawer English
drawest English
draweth English
drawfiling English
drawgear English
drawhead English
drawing English
drawish English
drawknife English
drawl English
drawlatch English
drawlink English
drawloom English
drawmaster English
drawmetric English
drawnet English
drawplate English
drawrod English
drawshave English
drawsheet English
drawspring English
drawth English
drawtube English
eyestring English
fiddlestring English
finedraw English
foredraw English
forthdraw English
gutstring English
hairstring English
hamstring English
harpstring English
hatstring English
heartstring English
hyperstring English
indraw English
interstring English
latchstring English
lifestring English
linestring English
metastring English
ministring English
misdraw English
nanostring English
outdraw English
overdraw English
protostring English
pullstring English
pursestring English
quickdraw English
redraw English
restring English
shoestring English
slipstring English
sneckdraw English
string English
stringable English
stringbacks English
stringbed English
stringboard English
stringcourse English
stringer English
stringification English
stringify English
stringization English
stringize English
stringless English
stringlike English
stringline English
stringology English
stringpiece English
stringy English
substring English
superstring English
to-draw English
todraw English
umbedraw English
underdraw English
undraw English
unstring English
updraw English
wiredraw English
wordstring English
String German
string Dutch, Flemish
string French
draft Norwegian Bokmål
string Portuguese
string Swedish
ストリング Japanese
draft Norwegian Nynorsk
drawen Middle English
string Middle English
string Tok Pisin