prince's reckoning
noun
often capitalized P
: the standard of counting hits in archery on the target as gold 9, red 7, blue 5, black 3, white 1
Word History
Etymology
after Prince George Augustus Frederick (later George IV king of England) †1830 who prescribed it
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