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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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
His corpse was preserved as a “natural mummy” until 1991, when hikers found him along with some of his clothing and gear — including a copper ax, a longbow and a bearskin hat.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
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
Whether it is constructing an igloo, hunting an antelope, lighting a fire, making a longbow or processing cassava, we learn not by understanding from first principles, but by imitating.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2019
Pelor, the gangly assassin, wasn’t yet strong enough to manage a longbow, and barely made any shots.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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