An archer's butt.
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释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archery target (25) bercelc1440 An archer's butt. butt1440 A mound or other structure on which a target is placed for archery practice, typically one of a pair placed at the two ends of a range; (also) the… shell1497 A shell of this kind (or a vessel resembling one) used for a specific purpose. Used as a target. Scottish, chiefly with indecent allusion (cf. Latin c… rover1511 Archery. An arbitrarily selected mark at an unknown distance from the archer, esp. as used to provide practice in range-finding and long-distance… standing pricka1525 an archery target situated at a fixed distance from the archer; cf. prick, n. 19a. round1531 A circular archery target marked with a bullseye at the centre of a number of concentric rings, and usually mounted on a butt (butt, n.7 2a)… popinjay1548 Archery. A target made of bunches of plumage, etc., fixed to a pole at different heights; the form of archery in which this is the target. prick-mark1553 An archer's target or mark; the bullseye. Also figurative. Obsolete. Turk1569 A human figure at which to practise shooting. Obsolete. twelve (also twenty-four) score prick1569 twelve (also twenty-four) score prick: a target with a mark in the centre placed 240 (or 480) paces distant, the regular distance at which… garden butt1572 a target set up in a garden for archery practice. parrot1578 A representation of a parrot, esp. one used as a target for shooting. Cf. popinjay, n. 2. clout1584 Archery. The mark shot at: see quot. 1868; also, elliptical, a shot that hits the mark. Obsolete. hoyle1614 A mark made use of by archers when shooting at rovers (see rover, n.2). shaw-fowl1621 A scarecrow, also figurative. Also an artificial bird set up as a mark for shooting at. prick wanda1650 a stick set up as a mark for an archer to shoot at. goal1662 Archery. The target or mark aimed at. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— parts of (8) |
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