longbow
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Definition of longbow
: a hand-drawn wooden bow held vertically and used especially by medieval English archers
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Here, Spink walks you through the process of making your own 68-inch Native American longbow, as well as the arrows. — Andrew Del-colle And Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, "How to Make a Bow and Arrow By Hand," 5 June 2018 But the king outlawed Sunday soccer so that the men could practice with a lethal weapon of war: the English longbow. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, "Joy of Chicago's Croatians cresting as World Cup final with France approaches," 13 July 2018 For a Native American longbow, the 5 inches in the center should be narrower than the limbs—1¼ inches across, widening out to about 1½ inches. — Andrew Del-colle And Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, "How to Make a Bow and Arrow By Hand," 5 June 2018 In his spare time, Mr. Hardy became a leading authority on the use of the longbow in medieval warfare. — Washington Post, "Robert Hardy, actor in ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘All Creatures Great and Small,’ dies at 91," 3 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'longbow.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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longbow
noun
English Language Learners Definition of longbow
: a large wooden weapon (called a bow) that shot arrows and was used for hunting and fighting in the past
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