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Longbow

noun

A powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England.

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"Longbow" Quotes from Famous Books

... John, "I guessed by thy insolent babble thou wert no true lover of the longbow, and I see thou darest not adventure thy skill among such merry men ...

— Eighth Reader • James Baldwin

... my ignorance. In yonder coal-hole, not used for many a year, repose the few greasy and blackened fragments of the elder Drama which were not totally destroyed. Do thou then"—Why, what do you stare at, Captain? By my soul, it is true; as my friend Major Longbow says, "What should I tell you ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

... fearfully upset, though convinced by the arguments of my publishers (Messrs. Longbow and Green-i'-th'-Eye). But a happy inspiration seized me as I was ascending the escalator at Charing Cross, and in exactly a fortnight I had finished another novel, entirely divorced from the present, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 • Various

... two wits by acclamation, Longbow from Ireland,[694] Strongbow from the Tweed[695]—Both lawyers and both men of education— But Strongbow's wit was of more polished breed; Longbow was rich in an imagination As beautiful and bounding as a steed, But sometimes ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... less veracious traveller Captain Longbow has a great grievance with the public. He claims that during a recent expedition in Arctic regions he actually reached the North Pole, but cannot induce anybody to believe him. Of course, the difficulty in such cases is to produce proof, but he avers that ...

— The Canterbury Puzzles - And Other Curious Problems • Henry Ernest Dudeney