Olli's word of the day (this is a word I've become quite fond of as of late):
sin·ew
/sinyo͞o/
noun
noun: sinew; plural noun: sinews
1. a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament.
the parts of a structure, system, or thing that give it strength or bind it together.
"the sinews of government"
verb literary
verb: sinew; 3rd person present: sinews; past tense: sinewed; past participle: sinewed; gerund or present participle: sinewing
1. strengthen with or as if with sinews.
"the sinewed shape of his back"