bowshot

American  

[boh-shot] / ˈboʊˌʃɒt /

noun

1. the distance a bow sends an arrow.

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bowshot British  

/ ˈbəʊˌʃɒt /

noun

1. the distance an arrow travels from the bow

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Etymology

Origin of bowshot

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at bow ², shot ¹

Example Sentences

He�s a deadly bowshot, and the 20 acres he hunts is crawling with deer.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the distance of a long bowshot from the village, the scene was terrifying.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

The opposite point seems more a tongue of land you’d touch with a good bowshot, at the narrows.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Since the Troubled Times, all roads bad been cleared of undergrowth for the distance of a bowshot an either side—but this glade, on account of peculiarities in the terrain, had been overlooked.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The suitors who held their feet, no longer under bowshot, could see a window high in a recess of the wall, a vent, lighting the passage to the storeroom.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer