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Definition of Archery
1. Noun. The sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
Definition of Archery
1. n. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.
Definition of Archery
1. Noun. The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow. ¹
2. Noun. A group of archers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Archery
1. the sport of shooting with a bow and arrow [n -CHERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archery
Literary usage of Archery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Edward IIL also, in 1363, commanded the general practice of archery on Sundays
and holidays by the people in lieu of the ordinary rural pastimes, ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1904)
"an archery society at Bruges, to commemorate the fiftieth year of her ...
archery has been practised in the United about that time by the dealers in archery ..."
3. Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to by Edward Potts Cheyney (1922)
"... prevent the loss of skill in archery. The king to the lord lieutenant of Kent,
greeting. Whereas the people of our realm, gentle and simple alike, i4i. ..."
4. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"Etymology of the Word " Islington"— Beauty of the Place in Early Times—The .old
Northern Roads—archery at Islington—A Royal Patron of archery—The Archers' ..."
5. The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson (1786)
"44 Our chroniclers do not mention the-ufe of archery as ex prellt- applied to .the
... alluding to archery for nearly one hundred and fifty years, ..."
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