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Definition of Longbowmen
1. longbowman [n] - See also: longbowman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longbowmen
Literary usage of Longbowmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat by John A. Warden, III (1995)
"Edward III of England landed 4000 men-at-arms and 10000 archers (longbowmen) on
the Cotentin peninsula in mid-July 1346, and ravaged lower Normandy west of ..."
2. A Shorter History of England and Greater Britain by Arthur Lyon Cross (1920)
"... finally, his mailed knights in successive charges were stopped, riddled, and
routed by the deadly flight of the arrows of the English longbowmen. ..."
3. Henry VI by Mabel Elizabeth Christie (1922)
"A peculiar feature of fifteenth-century warfare was the use, side by side, of
the old-fashioned archers, both longbowmen and crossbowmen or " arbalest- ..."
4. The Spell of Flanders: An Outline of the History, Legends and Art of Belgium by Edward Neville Vose (1915)
"In the early part of the Middle Ages Flemish archers were as famous as the
longbowmen of Merrie England, and on many a hard fought field they gave a good ..."
5. New Mediæval and Modern History by Samuel Bannister Harding, Albert Bushnell Hart (1913)
"They were no match for the English longbowmen, and when the shafts of the latter
began to fall ... i ,. ... , •/• •. , ,, so thick that it seemed as if it ..."
6. France by Cecil Headlam (1913)
"The 6000 English archers, drawn up three deep, formed the centre ; their flanks,
the vulnerable points of longbowmen, were protected by 2000 cavalry, ..."
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