Definition of ARCHERY. Meaning of ARCHERY. Synonyms of ARCHERY

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Definition of ARCHERY

Archery
Archery Arch"er*y, n. [OE. archerie.] 1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows. 2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. --Webster (1607).

Meaning of ARCHERY from wikipedia

- 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...
- Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is do****ented as...
- firearms. Today, bows and arrows are mostly used for hunting and sports. Archery is the art, practice, or skill of using bows to shoot arrows. A person...
- Mounted archery is a form of archery that involves shooting arrows while on horseback. A horse archer is a person who does mounted archery. Archery has occasionally...
- Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 18 Olympiads. 105 nations have competed in the Olympic archery events, with...
- Combat archery, sometimes known as battle archery, is a sport similar to dodgeball, paintball or Nerf war pla**** with bows and arrows tipped with foam...
- Zen in the Art of Archery (Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens) is a book by German philosophy professor Eugen Herrigel, published in 1948, about his...
- World Archery (WA, formerly Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc (FITA)) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland...
- 2024 Archery World Cup, also known as the Hyundai Archery World Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th edition of the international archery circuit...
- A butt is an archery shooting field, with mounds of earth used for the targets. The name originally referred to the targets themselves, but over time...