ABSP - Archery

Archery

Words

arbalest arbalist arbelest arblast	a CROSSBOW with a mechanism for drawing the string. [Ult. from L. arcus, bow, + ballista].
	[Note: I don't know whether archery as a sport actually has a crossbow section, but I've included them for good measure. When first introduced, crossbows were regarded as an invention of the Devil and deuced unsporting because a crossbow bolt could penetrate even a knight's plate armour. It was, of course, perfectly sporting for the knights to wear plate armour in the first place while chopping up peasants who couldn't even afford a duffel-coat].
arbalester arbalister arblaster	a crossbowman.
archer	one that shoots with a bow and arrow.
archeress	a female archer.
archery	the sport of shooting with a bow and arrow.
arcubalist	a crossbow.
arrow	a straight, pointed missile, made to be shot from a bow; (verb) to indicate the position of by arrow.
arrowhead	the head or pointed part of an arrow.
barb	a subsidiary backward-facing projection near the point of an arrow, fish-hook, etc.
bolt	a projectile fired by a crossbow.
bowman	an archer.
bowshot	the distance to which an arrow can be shot from a bow.
bowstring	the string of a bow; (verb) to strangle with a bowstring > BOWSTRINGS, BOWSTRINGING, BOWSTRINGED or BOWSTRUNG. The verb is possibly not actually part of archery as a sport, unless tempers run very high.
bowyer	one who makes or repairs bows.
bracer	an archer's leather arm-guard.
bull	the centre of a target.
butt	a mark or mound for archery or shooting practice.
clout	the mark or target, usu in long-distance shooting.
crossbow	a weapon for shooting bolts, formed of a bow placed crosswise on a stock.
crossbower	one who uses a crossbow.
crossbowman	a person (as a soldier or a hunter) whose weapon is a crossbow.
fistmele	the measurement of the distance from the grip to the string of a bow, usually measured by placing a fist on the grip with the thumb extended towards the bowstring.
fletch	to provide (an arrow) with feathers for flight.
fletcher	a maker of arrows.
fletching	the feathers of an arrow.
forkhead	(Spenser) an arrowhead.
hewgh	a sound imitating the whistling of an arrow.
inner	in archery, a hit next to the bull.
longbow	a bow drawn by hand as distinct from the crossbow.
moulinet	a machine for bending a crossbow.
nock notch	the attachment on the rear end of an arrow which holds it in place on the bow string; (verb) to fit an arrow to a bowstring.
outer	the outermost ring on a target, or a shot striking it.
petticoat	the part of an archery target outside the scoring area.
popinjay	a figure of a parrot set up to be shot at.
quarrel	a projectile fired by a crossbow.
quiver	a holder for arrows; (verb) to shake, tremble.
ragbolt	a bolt with barbs to prevent withdrawal.
recurve	a bow whose tips are curved towards the back.
riser	the handle of a bow; a rod securing a stair-carpet.
rover	a random or long-distance mark in archery.
sagittary	in heraldry, a representation of a centaur or mounted archer.
shaft	an arrow.
sheaf	a bundle of twenty-four arrows.
toxophilite	one fond of or expert at archery.
toxophilitic	related to archery.
toxophily	love of archery; archery.
wand	a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery.
windac windas windlass	an instrument for bending a crossbow.

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