Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art, sport, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrow.
- noun The equipment of an archer.
- noun A group of archers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of the bow and arrow; the practice, art, or skill of archers; the art of shooting with a bow and arrow.
- noun Archers collectively.
- noun In old law, a service of keeping a bow for the lord's defense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.
- noun Archers, or bowmen, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The practice or sport of shooting
arrows with abow . - noun countable A group of
archers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
Etymologies
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Examples
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Strength in archery is not only the muscle power required to draw a bow, but also to maintain balance and stay steady as you aim.
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Strength in archery is not only the muscle power required to draw a bow, but also to maintain balance and stay steady as you aim.
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Having done a fair amount of hunting with both venues, I can agree with the crowd, archery is just a different critter.
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Crossboss are legal now in archery season here and one of our club's members got a high speed xbow and set it up in his rifle rest to sight it in.
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Yes | No | Report from tbogg10 wrote 1 week 6 days ago wow i always thought the 30/06 was the most popular big game rifle, but archery is no surprise because of the amount of time it allows in the woods.
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Having done a fair amount of hunting with both venues, I can agree with the crowd, archery is just a different critter.
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Anyone under the age of 50 or someone with no disability should not be able to use a crossbow in archery season.
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Crossboss are legal now in archery season here and one of our club's members got a high speed xbow and set it up in his rifle rest to sight it in.
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(In real life, she has competed in archery at the Olympics.)
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Yes | No | Report from tbogg10 wrote 1 week 6 days ago wow i always thought the 30/06 was the most popular big game rifle, but archery is no surprise because of the amount of time it allows in the woods.
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