pursestring
English
noun
Definitions
- A cord or string, the middle of which is enclosed in the hem of the opening of a soft purse or sack, that, when pulled, closes the purse.
Etymology
Compound from English purse (pucker, small bag for carrying money) + English string.
Origin
English
string
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bandstring English
- bitstring English
- bonnetstring English
- bootstring English
- bowstring English
- bytestring English
- capstring English
- checkstring English
- cutpurse English
- destring English
- dispurse English
- docstring English
- drawstring English
- eyestring English
- fiddlestring English
- gutstring English
- hairstring English
- hamstring English
- harpstring English
- hatstring English
- heartstring English
- hyperstring English
- interstring English
- latchstring English
- lifestring English
- linestring English
- manpurse English
- metastring English
- ministring English
- nanostring English
- pickpurse English
- protostring English
- pullstring English
- purse English
- purse-proud English
- purseful English
- purseless English
- purselike English
- purser English
- restring English
- shoestring English
- slipstring 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
- unpurse English
- unstring English
- wordstring English
- String German
- string Dutch, Flemish
- string French
- string Portuguese
- string Swedish
- ストリング Japanese
- purse Middle English
- string Middle English
- string Tok Pisin
- purse
- purser
- string
- unpurse
- stringy
- unstring
- stringer
- purseful
- restring
- dispurse
- destring
- manpurse
- cutpurse
- purselike
- stringbed
- gutstring
- purseless
- hatstring
- eyestring
- capstring
- bowstring
- docstring
- stringify
- bitstring
- substring
- pickpurse
- hamstring
- stringize
- shoestring
- wordstring
- stringlike
- harpstring
- stringline
- hairstring
- linestring
- slipstring
- lifestring
- bootstring
- stringable
- bandstring
- pullstring
- stringless
- drawstring
- ministring
- metastring
- bytestring
- nanostring
- interstring
- stringpiece
- heartstring
- latchstring
- checkstring
- stringology
- hyperstring
- superstring
- protostring
- stringbacks
- purse-proud
- stringboard
- fiddlestring
- bonnetstring
- stringcourse
- stringization
- stringification