单词 | overbowed |
释义 | overbowedadj. Archery. Equipped with too strong a bow. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adjective] > having too powerful bow overbowed1856 1856 H. A. Ford Archery iv. 25 The evils attendant on being over-bowed are various; the left arm, the fingers of the right hand and the wrist are strained and rendered unsteady; the pull becomes uncertain and wavering, and never twice alike. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 378/2 An archer is said to be over-bowed when the power of his bow is above his command. 1879 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 548/2 Mr. Maurice Thomson cautions against the danger of over-bowing one's self, but I have seen more persons under-bowed than over-bowed. 1992 Shooting Industry (Nexis) 37 a56 An overbowed archer tends to short-draw the stickbow which gives the results of firing a lighter bow without the benefit of a secure anchor point. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1856 |
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