plural of sinew

(anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body. / A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument. / (figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

(transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

Furnished with sinews. / (figuratively) Equipped; strengthened.

(obsolete) sinewy

present participle of sinew

money, seen as necessary to wage war effectively

(of a horse) Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.