flight shooting
nounArchery.
competitive shooting for distance only.
Origin of flight shooting
1First recorded in 1795–1805
Words Nearby flight shooting
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How to use flight shooting in a sentence
The whole of the above records refer to flight-shooting with a 12-bore gun.
Unexplored Spain | Abel ChapmanA few of either species usually fall to our guns while flight-shooting during the winter months.
Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) | Abel ChapmanFlight-Shooting is merely a trial of distance, and he who can shoot the furthest is the winner of the trial.
How to Fence | Aaron A. WarfordThe man who goes flight shooting there is almost certain of good sport, provided he knows what he is about.
Wild Ducks | W. Coape OatesWith your father's permission, you might, in the first place, invite me to an evening's flight shooting.
The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound | Harold Bindloss
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