sinew
• noun 1 a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone; a tendon or ligament. 2 (sinews) the parts of a structure or system that give it strength or bind it together. — DERIVATIVES sinewy adjective. — ORIGIN Old English.
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