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      • Sinew can be obtained from the tendons of any mammal. Tendons are the tough stringy things that attach muscles to bones.
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  1. Oct 12, 2020 · The anatomical term sinew is a little vague since it includes both tendons (the fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone) and ligaments (the tissue that connects bone to bone). You can think of it as the “rope” that holds animals together.

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  3. Nov 7, 2011 · To make many of the more advanced tools and weapons associated with wilderness survival you will need two animal products, sinew and rawhide. What sinew is, how to obtain it, and how to process it is the subject of this post. What is Sinew? Sinew can be obtained from the tendons of any mammal.

  4. OED's earliest evidence for sinew is from 1592, in the writing of Thomas Nashe, writer. It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150). sinew is formed within English, by conversion.

  5. The use of sinew to mean "the chief supporting force" ties into its anatomical function as a stabilizing unit. Sinew derives via Middle English from Old English seono; it is also related to Old High German senawa ("sinew") and Sanskrit syati ("he binds").

  6. What does the noun sinew mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun sinew , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  7. Nov 6, 2022 · This is from Proto-Italic *sai-tlo-, which, according to Watkins, is PIE instrumental element *-tlo-+ *sai-"to bind, tie" (see sinew), extended metaphorically to successive human generations as links in the chain of life.

  8. Aug 25, 2024 · An illustration of a sinew, or tendon (sense 1), attaching muscles of the calf to the calcaneus or heel bone. From Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), [1] from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinwō ...

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