bowshot

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bowshot

/ˈbəʊʃɒt/

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From bow + shot.

noun bowshots

countable, uncountable The act of firing an arrow from a bow. It is, however, interesting in connection with that fact to remember that the last bowshot in English warfare was fired during the Civil War.
countable, uncountable The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel. If you will obligingly, set up your armour targets within a shortened range, say, for instance, a Robin Hood bowshot of 200 yards, you shall see what the brute force of the old smooth-bore will do.

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@misc{bowshot_2026,
  title = {bowshot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowshot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}