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archery

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arch·er·y  (ärch-r)
n.
1. The art, sport, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrow.
2. The equipment of an archer.
3. A group of archers.
archery [ˈɑːtʃərɪ]
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) the art or sport of shooting with bows and arrows
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Archery) archers or their weapons collectively
Archery a company or corps of archers.
Examples: he rode through a hundred archery, 1465; signal for England’s archery to halt and bend their bows, 1814.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.archery - the sport of shooting arrows with a bowarchery - the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
Translations
archery [ˈɑːtʃərɪ] N → tiro m con arco
archery [ˈɑːrtʃəri] n → tir m à l'arc
archery
n → Bogenschießen nt
archery [ˈɑːtʃərɪ] n → tiro con l'arco
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The Newport Archery Club always held its August meeting at the Beauforts'.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
He knows everything that other boys don't know; and in archery, in fishing, in painting, and in music, his skill is--but you shall judge for yourself.
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The Waziri, justly famed for their archery, found no cause to blush for their performance that day.
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