Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| arbalest arbalist arbelest arblast | a CROSSBOW with a mechanism for drawing the string. [Ult. from L. arcus, bow, + ballista]. |
| [Note: I don't know whether archery as a sport actually has a crossbow section, but I've included them for good measure. When first introduced, crossbows were regarded as an invention of the Devil and deuced unsporting because a crossbow bolt could penetrate even a knight's plate armour. It was, of course, perfectly sporting for the knights to wear plate armour in the first place while chopping up peasants who couldn't even afford a duffel-coat]. | |
| arbalester arbalister arblaster | a crossbowman. |
| archer | one that shoots with a bow and arrow. |
| archeress | a female archer. |
| archery | the sport of shooting with a bow and arrow. |
| arcubalist | a crossbow. |
| arrow | a straight, pointed missile, made to be shot from a bow; (verb) to indicate the position of by arrow. |
| arrowhead | the head or pointed part of an arrow. |
| arrowless | without arrows. |
| barb | a subsidiary backward-facing projection near the point of an arrow, fish-hook, etc. |
| bolt | a projectile fired by a crossbow. |
| bowhunt | to hunt with a bow and arrow. |
| bowhunter | a person who hunts with a bow and arrow. |
| bowhunting | hunting with a bow and arrow > BOWHUNTINGS. |
| bowman bowsman | an archer; a hunter with a bow. |
| bowshot | the distance to which an arrow can be shot from a bow. |
| bowstring | the string of a bow; (verb) to strangle with a bowstring > BOWSTRINGS, BOWSTRINGING, BOWSTRINGED or BOWSTRUNG. The verb is possibly not actually part of archery as a sport, unless tempers run very high. |
| bowyer | one who makes or repairs bows. |
| bracer | an archer's leather arm-guard. |
| bull | the centre of a target. |
| bullseye | the centre of a target. |
| butt | a mark or mound for archery or shooting practice. |
| clout | the mark or target, usu in long-distance shooting. |
| crossbow | a weapon for shooting bolts, formed of a bow placed crosswise on a stock. |
| crossbower | one who uses a crossbow. |
| crossbowman | a person (as a soldier or a hunter) whose weapon is a crossbow. |
| dorlach | (Gaelic) a quiver for arrows. |
| dribber | (Obs.) one who shoots arrows weakly or badly. |
| fistmele | the measurement of the distance from the grip to the string of a bow, usually measured by placing a fist on the grip with the thumb extended towards the bowstring. |
| fletch | to provide (an arrow) with feathers for flight. |
| fletcher | a maker of arrows. |
| fletching | the feathers of an arrow. |
| forkhead | (Spenser) an arrowhead. |
| hewgh | a sound imitating the whistling of an arrow. |
| inner | in archery, a hit next to the bull. |
| longbow | a bow drawn by hand as distinct from the crossbow. |
| longbowman | an archer who uses a longbow. |
| moulinet | a machine for bending a crossbow. |
| nock notch | the attachment on the rear end of an arrow which holds it in place on the bow string; (verb) to fit an arrow to a bowstring. |
| outer | the outermost ring on a target, or a shot striking it. |
| petticoat | the part of an archery target outside the scoring area. |
| popinjay | a figure of a parrot set up to be shot at. |
| quarrel | a projectile fired by a crossbow. |
| quiver | a holder for arrows; (verb) to shake, tremble. |
| quiverful | the contents of a full quiver > QUIVERFULS or QUIVERSFUL. |
| ragbolt | a bolt with barbs to prevent withdrawal. |
| recurve | a bow whose tips are curved towards the back. |
| riser | the handle of a bow; a rod securing a stair-carpet. |
| rover | a random or long-distance mark in archery. |
| sagittary | in heraldry, a representation of a centaur or mounted archer. |
| shaft | an arrow. |
| sheaf | a bundle of twenty-four arrows. |
| toxophilite | one fond of or expert at archery. |
| toxophilitic | related to archery. |
| toxophily | love of archery; archery. |
| wand | a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery. |
| windac windas windlass | an instrument for bending a crossbow. |