Flight-shot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile). Scotland, UK, dated, dialectal

    "half a flight-shot from the king's oak"

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bowshot

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"half a flight-shot from the king's oak"

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