Bowshot
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bowshot — [bō′shät΄] n. the distance that an arrow can travel when shot from a bow … English World dictionary
bowshot — /boh shot /, n. the distance a bow sends an arrow. [1250 1300; ME; see BOW2, SHOT1] * * * … Universalium
bowshot — noun The act of firing an arrow from a bow :2. The length that an arrow, of an average archer, can effectively travel … Wiktionary
bowshot — sb. Alys. 3491 … Oldest English Words
bowshot — n. distance covered by an arrow shot from a bow … English contemporary dictionary
bowshot — [ bəʊʃɒt] noun the distance to which a bow can send an arrow … English new terms dictionary
bowshot — /ˈboʊʃɒt/ (say bohshot) noun the distance a bow sends an arrow …
bowshot — n. the distance to which a bow can send an arrow … Useful english dictionary
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES — From the earliest period of their history the Jews were alive to the necessity of an accurate system of weights and measures, and an honest handling of them. The first legislation in the interest of economic righteousness in general is found in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Flight-shot — n. The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] Within a flight shot it inthe valley. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] Half a flight shot from the king s oak. Sir W. Scott. [ … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
