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- A bow draw in archery is the method or technique of pulling back the bowstring to store energy for the bow to shoot an arrow. The most common method[citation...14 KB (1,970 words) - 09:47, 29 January 2024
Clara Gordon Bow (/boʊ/; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully...92 KB (10,390 words) - 17:23, 27 April 2024
archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed in...18 KB (2,555 words) - 02:15, 14 April 2024
archery, a recurve bow is one of the main shapes a bow can take, with limbs that curve away from the archer when unstrung. A recurve bow stores more energy...14 KB (2,073 words) - 12:48, 26 February 2024
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and...35 KB (4,222 words) - 11:38, 8 May 2024
The Manchu bow (Manchu: ᠪᡝᡵᡳ, Möllendorff: beri) is a type of composite reflex bow historically used in Manchuria, and subsequently spread to China, Mongolia...5 KB (629 words) - 07:09, 30 October 2023
can refer to two types of bow. From the 17th century onward, most of the traditional bows in Mongolia were replaced with the similar Manchu bow which is...13 KB (1,631 words) - 15:56, 17 January 2024
bow to 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...12 KB (1,732 words) - 06:00, 10 January 2024- 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...14 KB (1,885 words) - 15:21, 5 April 2024
composite bows of high draw-weight give higher arrow velocity, and the bow itself is shorter. However, the hide glue that holds a composite bow together...6 KB (899 words) - 02:30, 28 February 2024
energy than wood for the same length of bow. The strength can be made similar to that of all-wood "self" bows, with similar draw-length and therefore...44 KB (5,662 words) - 13:18, 26 April 2024
Gakgung (redirect from Korean bow)use. Due to its long use by Koreans, it is also known as Guk Gung (Korean: 국궁 hanja: 國弓, or national bow). The Korean bow utilizes a thumb draw and therefore...11 KB (1,303 words) - 20:28, 2 May 2024
English longbow (category Bows (archery))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...64 KB (8,767 words) - 08:46, 1 May 2024
Chinese archery (section Long-siyah horn bows)dynasty: in the North, the short-siyah bow, grooved-siyah bow, grooved-bridge bow, and long-siyah bow; in the South, the Chenzhou bow, short-siyah bow, as well...36 KB (4,567 words) - 09:47, 30 December 2023
bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long...60 KB (7,164 words) - 13:00, 29 April 2024
Turkish archery (redirect from Turkish bow)between the fingers of the draw hand, allowing fast repeat shots. Another technique involved drawing the bow with the draw arm going behind the head to fire...8 KB (1,169 words) - 15:36, 26 April 2024- Glossary of archery terms (redirect from Draw weight)recurve bow used to indicate an archer's optimum draw length. A device on a release aid to indicate when the release is ready to fire. clout – The centre...26 KB (3,658 words) - 16:33, 14 March 2024
Archery (redirect from The archer)Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow. Historically, archery has been...69 KB (8,925 words) - 00:35, 3 April 2024- Barbara Hooks of The Age commented that the show "draws a long bow, cutting awkwardly from Dweezil playing charity golf in Chicago to Lisa on a confectionary...4 KB (251 words) - 18:42, 3 September 2023
- using a longer bamboo arrow guide called the tongah in Korean archery. The tongah (aka "Tong-ah") allows one to draw a short arrow at a full draw length...18 KB (2,493 words) - 18:18, 1 May 2024
- draw the long bow (third-person singular simple present draws the long bow, present participle drawing the long bow, simple past drew the long bow, past
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 Bow by Kathleen Schlesinger 4832831911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 — BowKathleen Schlesinger BOW (pronounced “bō”), a common
- Robertson, p. 193. "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." Keep near to the fountain-head, and "with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation
- greatly enjoyed archery, and gloried in her ability to brace and draw a fifty-five pound bow. The Century illustrated monthly magazine, Volume 14 edited