Flight-shot

Flight-shot
Flight-shot 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. [1913 Webster]


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