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Definition of Bowshot
1. n. The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Definition of Bowshot
1. Noun. (archery)The act of firing an arrow from a bow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowshot
1. the distance an arrow is shot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowshot
Literary usage of Bowshot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1872)
"She went, anil sat her down over against him a good v?ny off, as it were a bowshot;
for she said, Lot mo not see the death of tho child. ..."
2. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1880)
"At the siege during Boger Mortimer's rebellion Sir Robert de St. Clare interposed
his body to save Henry II. from a bowshot, and sacrificed his life for his ..."
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