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A longbow is a type of tall bow that makes a fairly long draw possible. A longbow is not significantly recurved. Its limbs are relatively narrow and are...

The English longbow was a powerful medieval type of bow, about 6 ft (1.8 m) long. While it is debated whether it originated in England or in Wales from...

daikyu (equipment) – A Japanese longbow decurve bow (equipment) – A form of bow in which the unstrung tips curve toward the archer deflex bow (equipment) –...

draw a longbow again. Whether this was true is open to question and continues to be debated to this day; however, it seems likely that death was the normal...

or longbow. This rigidity makes the compound bow more energy-efficient than traditional bows, as less energy is dissipated in limb movement. The higher-rigidity...

the archer reaches the correct draw length. , traditional English Longbow shooters step "into the bow", exerting force with both the bow arm and the string...

one material. Longbow: a self bow with limbs rounded in cross-section, about the same height as the archer so as to allow a full draw, usually over 1...

asymmetrical longbow are from the Yayoi period (c. 500 BC – 300 AD). The changing of society and the samurai class taking power at the end of the Heian period...

manuscripts and art. Barebow and longbow archers often have the index, middle and ring fingers on the string all below the arrow, a method referred to as...

have a high draw weight and a long draw length. This allows a bow that is significantly shorter than a recurve or a longbow to shoot with the same or greater...

Jones in 2014 demonstrated that a bodkin point arrow fired from longbow of ~75 pound draw weight at a distance of 10 yards could penetrate both gambeson...

use the same launch principle, but an archer using a longbow must maintain its draw by pinching the bowstring with fingers, pulling it back with arm and...

density of the timber. The overall length of bending wood must be about 2.3 times the draw length. Narrow bows (known as "longbows") can bend in the handle...

medieval European militaries, with the exception of the English and their continued use of the longbow. During the 16th century AD, military crossbows...

Canadian studio Longbow Games. The games combine historical grand strategy with real-time battles on a seamless map. The title references the concept of hegemony...

the arbalest was much larger than earlier crossbows, and because of the greater tensile strength of steel, it had a greater force. The greater draw weight...

power; the all-wooden straight longbow was the normal form in wetter areas. Recurve bows depicted in the British Isles (see illustrations in "The Great...

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hickory, have been used on the back of the bow (the part facing away from the archer when shooting). Crossbow English longbow Longbow Flatbow Archery Mounted...

more difficult to use. An excavated example of a Chinese longbow was dated to approximately the Warring States – Western Han dynasty period (475 BCE–9 CE)...