flight arrow

American  

noun

Archery.

1. an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.

2. any long and light arrow for long-distance shooting; a shaft or arrow for the longbow, as distinguished from the bolt.

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flight arrow British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: flight.  a long thin arrow used for shooting long distances

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Etymology

Origin of flight arrow

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Modern archers have paid scant attention to mere distance-shooting, which is an art of its own, but their experiments prove that with a fairly heavy bow, say 60 ℔ or 63 ℔, and a long light arrow, known as a “flight arrow,” a good archer should be able to reach 300 or 310 yds.

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In the directions to the villages for the maintaining each "a pair of buttes," it is ordered that no person above the age of twenty-four shall shoot with the light flight arrow at a distance under two hundred and twenty yards.

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But this, it seems, was mere byplay and marksmanship; for before you have done wondering, Ulysses rises to his feet in anger, and pours flight after flight, arrow after arrow, from the great bow.

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In testing the function of these bows and their ability to shoot, a bamboo flight arrow made by Ishi was used as the standard.

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When drawn thirty-six inches, it weighed seventy-six pounds and shot a flight arrow two hundred and fifty-six yards.

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