well-strung,ppl.a. c1600Drayton Mis. Margaret xciv, Out goe the Browne Bills, with the well-strung Bowes.1725Pope Odyss. xviii. 85 Gods! how his nerves..Swell o'er his well-strung limbs.1875Helps Soc. Press. iii. 45 The man of hard, well-strung, healthy nerves.