String band (Mus.), a band of musicians using only, or chiefly,
stringed instruments. -- String beans. (a) A dish prepared from the
unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings
are stripped off. (b) Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for
cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean. -- To
have two strings to one's bow, to have a means or expedient in reserve
in case the one employed fails.
String (strng), v. t. [imp. Strung (strng); p. p. Strung (R. Stringed
(strngd)); p. pr. & vb. n. Stringing.] 1. To furnish with strings; as,
to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves,
designed to walk the street?
Gay.
2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to
play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain
rears its head unsung.
Addison.