Archership

1791, William Cowper (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, Book 19, in The Poetical Works of William Cowper, London: William Smith, 1839, p. 492, […] I shall fix, This day, the rings for trial to them all Of archership;

“We can reckon on killing a stag, if he will stand still, at a hundred and fifty yards,” Ned said, “or running, at a hundred; don’t you think so?” “Well, six times out of seven we ought to at any rate,” Tom replied, “or our Devonshire archership has deserted us.”