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bowshot [boh-shot] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the distance a bow sends an arrow.
Origin of bowshot Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at bow2, shot1 Examples from the Web for bowshot Historical Examples of bowshot
Half a bowshot from the gate the cavalcade met Cæsar’s suite.
Ferdinand Gregorovius
A great carack was within a bowshot of them and crossing their bows.
Arthur Conan Doyle
What say you, Assarac—can we creep on a bowshot nearer to make sure?
G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
Lille’s-hill, the Hill of Lilla, the Saxon, stands but a bowshot off from the church.
Nooks and Corners of Shropshire
H. Thornhill Timmins
The marshals array the two companies “at least a bowshot apart.”
William Stearns Davis
British Dictionary definitions for bowshot bowshot noun
- the distance an arrow travels from the bow