wooden arrow

Bow's simple partner

A wooden arrow is an arrow with a shaft made of wood, the traditional material before aluminum and carbon fiber became standard.

Wooden arrows remain popular in traditional archery and historical reenactment.

The term sometimes appears in fantasy games and literature to distinguish primitive ammunition from magical or metal variants: The archer nocked a wooden arrow.

Related
  • shaftNarrow vertical passage
  • fletchingArrow stabilizing feathers
  • quiverTrembling or arrow case
  • bowRespectful forward inclination
  • archerOne who shoots arrows

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Opposites
projectile type

wooden arrowcrossbow bolt

Crossbow's ammunition

bullet · musket ball · dart · javelin · cannonball

technological era

wooden arrowguided missile

Steerable self-propelled weapon

smart bomb · cruise missile · drone strike · artillery shell · bullet

Family

wood, arrow, woods, woody, woodsy, wooden, woodwork, woodworking, woodsman

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G