Definitions

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  • noun Informal form of crossbow.

Etymologies

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From crossbow, using X as abbreviation for cross.

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Examples

  • It has about a 150# pull so I had to fabricate a contraption to pull the string with pullies, the notion that handicapped people who can't pull a bow should use an xbow is kinda unrealistic.

    On Crossbows During the Regular Bow Season

  • It has about a 150# pull so I had to fabricate a contraption to pull the string with pullies, the notion that handicapped people who can't pull a bow should use an xbow is kinda unrealistic.

    On Crossbows During the Regular Bow Season

  • If your firmness of grip on the xbow is inconsistent, your bolt can go off target as much as 8in.

    Pennsylvania Considers Crossbows For Archery Season

  • With all of the accesories that can be added to a compound bow today, including red dot scopes, the only true differance between an compound and an xbow is that one is held vertical and the other horizontal

    Pennsylvania Considers Crossbows For Archery Season

  • As I've stated before, it cracks me up how people who use an 80% let off bow, with fiber optic sights, wearing the latest in scent control high tech camo, sitting in a padded treestand seat, over a genetically enhanced food plot, checking distance with their laser rangefinder while picking their hunting spot with the help of the latest digital scouting camera that calls their cell phone, thinks an xbow is crossing the line ..... and ....

    New Jersey Approves Crossbows For Archery Deer

  • As I've stated before, it cracks me up how people who use an 80% let off bow, with fiber optic sights, wearing the latest in scent control high tech camo, sitting in a padded treestand seat, over a genetically enhanced food plot, checking distance with their laser rangefinder while picking their hunting spot with the help of the latest digital scouting camera that calls their cell phone, thinks an xbow is crossing the line .....

    On The Crossbow Trend

  • As I've stated before, it cracks me up how people who use an 80% let off bow, with fiber optic sights, wearing the latest in scent control high tech camo, sitting in a padded treestand seat, over a genetically enhanced food plot, checking distance with their laser rangefinder while picking their hunting spot with the help of the latest digital scouting camera that calls their cell phone, thinks an xbow is crossing the line .....

    On The Crossbow Trend

  • As I've stated before, it cracks me up how people who use an 80% let off bow, with fiber optic sights, wearing the latest in scent control high tech camo, sitting in a padded treestand seat, over a genetically enhanced food plot, checking distance with their laser rangefinder while picking their hunting spot with the help of the latest digital scouting camera that calls their cell phone, thinks an xbow is crossing the line ..... and ....

    New Jersey Approves Crossbows For Archery Deer

  • The compound was eventually accepted and the xbow will be too.

    On Crossbows For 50-Year-Olds

  • The compound was eventually accepted and the xbow will be too.

    On Crossbows For 50-Year-Olds

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