Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Archery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Archery \Arch"er*y\, n. [OE. archerie.]
1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.;
the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and
arrows.
2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively.
Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both
sides of the van. --Webster
(1607).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
archery
n : the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
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