longbow
Americannoun
idioms
noun
Etymology
Origin of longbow
Vocabulary lists containing longbow
Medieval Europe - Introductory
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Medieval Europe - Middle School
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Medieval Europe - High School
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Example Sentences
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Elsewhere in the suburbs at the Akrams’ family home, police would find a homemade wooden firearm, a longbow with 12 arrows, and a copy of the Quran with passages highlighted, again unspecified.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Thomas broached a long list of historical figures, including the English King Henry VIII, who the ruling says worried that the advent of handguns threatened his subjects’ proficiency with the longbow.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022
One thinks of the longbow used by the English archers at Agincourt in the Middle Ages or the heavily armoured tanks that epitomised the ground combat of World War Two.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2022
The revolver is as iconic for Americans as the samurai sword is for the Japanese or the longbow for the English and Welsh.
From New York Times • May 26, 2020
At a time in England when longbow archery was mandatory for all adult men, longbows, various forms of shorter bows, arrows, and other archery-related equipment were the most common weapons aboard the Mary Rose.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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