アーチェリーの弓の両端は互いに「似て」おり、またこれらの弓の端は、分離した足の代替開口部の「ミニチュア肉」に似ています。特に、これらの足の両端、各足の親指は、可能であれば分離せずに残り、弓弦の「糸」が張られたアーチェリーの弓の端のように突き出ています。中国の王朝時代、足の親指は、8の字型の輪を多数作ってアーチ状に各足にしっかりと巻き付けた足包帯のアンカーとしての役割も部分的に果たしていました。
「…少女の足がそれ以上成長しないように、痛いほどきつく縛る習慣。…この処置は、足のアーチが完全に発達する前に、通常は2歳から5歳の間に開始されました。…足のサイズを小さくするために、各足のつま先を内側に曲げ、大きな力で下向きに押し、つま先が折れるまで足の裏に押し込みます。骨折したつま先を足の裏にしっかりと押し付け、足を脚でまっすぐに引き下げて土踏まずを無理やり折りました。包帯は足の甲の内側から始めて、つま先の上、足の下、かかとの周りに8の字を描くように繰り返し巻かれ、骨折したばかりのつま先は足の裏にしっかりと押し付けられました。足の周りを一周するごとに、包帯が締められ、足の指の付け根とかかとが引っ張られ、骨折した足が土踏まずで折れ、足指が下に圧迫される。…包帯がきつかったため、足の血行が悪く、足指への血行がほぼ遮断されていたため、足指の怪我は治りにく く、徐ーに悪化して足指の感染症や肉の腐敗につながる可能性が高かった。足や足指の感染症が骨まで達すると、骨が軟らかくなり、足指が落ちてしまう可能性があります。しかし、足をよりきつく縛ることができるため、これは利点とみなされていました。足指の肉付きが良い女の子は、足の横や足指の間にガラスの破片や割れたタイルの破片を挟み込み、故意に怪我をさせたり感染症を引き起こしたりすることもありました。清朝の性行為取扱説明書には、女性の足の縛り方を48通り挙げていました。」
　【　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/foot_binding　2012-12-17、強調は当社による】

Both the two ends of an archery bow「resemble」each other, and also these bow ends resemble something of the「miniature meat」of surrogate orifices in dis-integrated feet, in particular the two ends of these feet, the large toe on each foot…the big toes remained undis-integrated, if possible, and protruded as do the ends of an archery bow where the「threads」of the bowstring were strung. The big toes also partially served as anchors for the foot binding cloths in dynastic China that were tightly strung around each foot in an arched shape formed from many figure-eight loops:
　「…[T]he custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth. …The process was started before the arch of the foot had a chance to develop fully, usually between the ages of 2 and 5. …To enable the size of the feet to be reduced, the toes on each foot were curled under, then pressed with great force downwards and squeezed into the sole of the foot until the toes broke. The broken toes were held tightly against the sole of the foot while the foot was then drawn down straight with the leg and the arch forcibly broken. The bandages were repeatedly wound in a figure-eight movement, starting at the inside of the foot at the instep, then carried over the toes, under the foot, and around the heel, the freshly broken toes being pressed tightly into the sole of the foot. At each pass around the foot, the binding cloth was tightened, pulling the ball of the foot and the heel together, causing the broken foot to fold at the arch, and pressing the toes underneath. …The tightness of the binding meant that the circulation in the feet was faulty, and the circulation to the toes was almost cut off, so any injuries to the toes were unlikely to heal and were likely to gradually worsen and lead to infected toes and rotting flesh. If the infection in the feet and toes entered the bones, it could cause them to soften, which could result in toes dropping off. Although, this was seen as a benefit because the feet could then be bound even more tightly. Girls whose toes were more fleshy would sometimes have shards of glass or pieces of broken tiles inserted within the binding next to her feet and between her toes to cause injury and introduce infection deliberately. …Qing Dynasty sex manuals listed 48 different ways of playing with women's bound feet.」
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding 2012-12-17, emphasis ours　]　

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaninglless mnemonics)
Chinese: ends of a bow
Unihan extended: ends of bow
EDRDG: ends of bow