[
US
/ˈɫɔŋˌboʊ/
]
[ UK /lˈɒŋbəʊ/ ]
[ UK /lˈɒŋbəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England
How To Use longbow In A Sentence
- Bows fell into three main types: the composite bow, the crossbow, and the longbow.
- The 2,000 arrows and nearly 150 longbows found on board reflect the continuing reliance on traditional methods of anti-personnel artillery.
- They took five shotguns, a longbow, arrows, a crossbow and bolts.
- He had cut notches into the wooden surface of the longbow, counting how many foes he had slain with the weapon; so far there were forty-nine marks.
- It is available in nine calibers - two rifle and seven pistol - and features Longbow non-toxic frangible bullets and non-toxic heavy metal-free primers.
- However, war had moved on from the time of the Battle of Hastings and the longbow was now the most feared of weapons and not the knight on horseback.
- Longbow: Leading missile weapon of the English from the 14 th century into the 16 th century.
- Specifics : This feat allows the character to use the long sword, rapier, longbow, and short bow.
- Such longbowmen proved to be the most effective military units in Europe. Archive 2009-03-01
- The movie features many different races using many different types of longbows and crossbows in warfare.