bow and arrow
Quiver's paired contents
A bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of a flexible curved stave strung with a cord, used to propel a pointed shaft toward a target.
The bow stores energy when drawn back and releases it to launch the arrow.
Though largely replaced by firearms for hunting and warfare, the bow and arrow remains central to the sport of archery and appears frequently in mythology and popular culture.
She learned to shoot a bow and arrow at summer camp.
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- fletchingArrow stabilizing feathers
- nockArrow's bowstring slot
- drawCreate with pencil
- bow stringTensioned cord launching projectiles
bow · pull · recurve bow · hunting bow · aim · take aim · bull's eye · Robin Hood · Hunger Games · hunter-gatherers · draw weight · shaft · tip · Artemis · shoot · target · twang · hunt
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- historical weaponsmusket, muskets, flintlock, flintlocks, pistols
- ranged weaponsrifle, pistol, gun, shotgun, musket
- Robin HoodRobin Hood, Friar Tuck, Little John, Maid Marian, Sheriff of Nottingham
- bowsshortbow, recurve bow, compound bow, flatbow, composite bow
- Cupid imagerycherubs, putti, Eros, cupid's bow
bow and arrownuclear weapon
Explosive using atomic fission
atomic bomb · firearm · gun · rifle · assault rifle
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