Synonyms for archery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahr-chuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr tʃə ri

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Définition of archery

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Anglo-French archerye, Old French archerie, from archier "archer" (see archer).
  • As in weapon : noun arm, armament
Example sentences :
  • Rob found considerable excitement and profit in his archery.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
  • No woodcraft education is complete without a knowledge of archery.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • It may be an archery target, a sack full of straw, or a sod bank.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • The apparatus required is some light spears and an archery target.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • Books on Archery, Fencing, and Duelling are also comprised by this heading.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • Pigeon-shooting, polo-playing, tennis, and archery are all provided for.
  • Extract from : « Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
  • I'll say I can—I've belonged to an archery club for five years.
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • I am a stranger here, bound as you to the archery meeting of Duke Adolf.
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • He had become a proficient in archery, and had filled a book full of sketches.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Bracebridge » by William H. G. Kingston
  • There was no archery, and many of the inmates of the Castle were asleep.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
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