| 单词 | livery bow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslivery bow (a) Designating weapons: issued as standard, regular, as livery arrow, livery bow, etc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > other types of arrow reedOE broad arrow1372 peacock arrowc1387 bob-tail1545 forehand1545 livery arrow?a1549 standard1557 dog bolt1593 warning-arrow1628 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > types of bow tax1541 livery bow?a1549 bow of lath1597 yew1605 slug1614 seventy-five1840 self1856 three-wood1875 recurve1961 ?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 103 Livery arrowes..xiij shiefes. 1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 10 §3 Bowes..of the course sorte, called Livery Bowes. 1655 in Edmondes' Comm. of Julius Cæsar (rev. ed.) vii. xv. 171/1 I cannot so much commend these livery bowes, being for the most part heavy slugs, and of greater weight then strength, and of more shew then service. 1786 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. I. 143 In the 8th of Elizabeth, bows of foreign yew were directed to be sold for 6s. 8d..and the coarse sort, called livery bows, at a price, not exceeding two shillings each. 1897 J. Lowe Yew-trees Great Brit. 125 Bows for men, of a coarser sort, called livery bows, 2/0. 1926 R. P. Elmer Archery 532 Livery arrow, the kind of arrow regularly..supplied to English soldiers. 1974 Albion 6 58 The largest expense was for the repair of 1,135 livery bows, a service which appears first in this quarter. < as lemmas |
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