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Bowshot
//ˈbəʊʃɒt// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of firing an arrow from a bow.
"It is, however, interesting in connection with that fact to remember that the last bowshot in English warfare was fired during the Civil War."
- 2 The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.
"If you will obligingly, set up your armour targets within a shortened range, say, for instance, a Robin Hood bowshot of 200 yards, you shall see what the brute force of the old smooth-bore will do."
Etymology
From bow + shot.
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