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Longbow   Listen
noun
Longbow  n.  The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.
To draw the longbow, to tell large stories.






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"Longbow" Quotes from Famous Books



... guessed by thy insolent babble that thou wert no true lover of the longbow, and I see thou darest not adventure thy skill among ...
— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott



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