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longbow
n.
large hand-held bow from which arrows are shot
Longbow
A
longbow is a type of
bow that is tall—roughly equal to the height of the user; allowing the archer a fairly long draw, at least to the jaw. A longbow is not significantly recurved. Its limbs are relatively narrow so that they are circular or D-shaped in cross section.
Flatbows can be just as long; the difference is that, in cross-section, a flatbow has limbs that are approximately rectangular.
longbow
Noun
1. a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England
(hypernym) bow
Longbow
(n.)
The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Longbow
The weapon of the
archer , used for launching arrows, developed in Europe. Compare it with the shorter composite bow of the Saracen, which had a shorter draw but was easier to use from horseback. Longbows were the preferred weapon of the English after the middle 14th century, Edward III recognizing the power of massed artillery (archers) used in combination with dismounted cavalry and infantry. The longbow, with a draw from 30 - 36", could launch an arrow more than 300 yards, deadly against opponents not defended by
plate armour.
