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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



... would be right. Here he comes." The boy looked in wonder at a tall man who looked short beside Little John, as he came up in coat of green with brown belt, a sword by his side, quiver of arrows hung on his back, and longbow in his hand. ...
— Young Robin Hood • G. Manville Fenn



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