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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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (4,225 words) - 16:04, 11 May 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) - 02:04, 24 May 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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) - 15:24, 22 May 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
- 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
- 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 (8,772 words) - 02:32, 24 May 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 (253 words) - 19:13, 23 May 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) - 10:56, 18 May 2024
- History of crossbows (redirect from History of the crossbow)recommends a bow to crossbow ratio of five to one as well as the utilization of the countermarch to make up for the crossbow's lack of speed. The crossbow...75 KB (9,763 words) - 22:57, 17 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) - 02:58, 13 May 2024
- A takedown bow is a bow assembled out of a riser and two limbs to make a working bow when strung. The primary advantage of the takedown design is that...2 KB (251 words) - 09:25, 6 November 2021
- 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