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2. Arrow - Wikipedia

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   Traditional target arrow (top) and replica medieval arrow (bottom) Modern arrow with plastic fletchings and nock An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow.A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and ...

3. Yumi - Wikipedia

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   The nocking-point on the string is built up through the application of hemp and glue to protect the string and to provide a thickness which helps hold the nock (hazu (筈/弭, lit. ' [Japanese arrow] nock/notch ') of the arrow, a ya (矢, lit. ' [Japanese] arrow '), in place while drawing the yumi. However, it can also be made of strands of ...

4. Bow and arrow - Wikipedia

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   A Karo man holding a bow and arrow. The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and arrows for hunting and aggression long before recorded history, and the practice was common to many prehistoric cultures.

5. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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   wand shoot (practice) – An archery event in which arrows are shot at a slat of soft wood that is typically six feet tall and two inches wide [5] Welsh longbow (equipment) – A powerful medieval bow; also known as an English longbow; wrap (equipment) – A piece of adhesive-backed plastic film wrapped around an arrow slightly ahead of the nock.

6. Bow draw - Wikipedia

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   A bow draw in archery is the method or technique of pulling back the bowstring [1] to store energy for the bow to shoot an arrow. The most common method [citation needed] in modern target archery is the Mediterranean draw, which has long been the usual method in European archery. Other methods include the pinch draw and the Mongolian or "thumb ...

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8. Fletching - Wikipedia

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   In English archery, the male feather, from a cock, is used on the outside of the arrow, while the other two stabilizing feathers are from a female, or hen. Traditional archery lore about feather curvature is that a right handed archer should shoot a right winged feather and right handed helical, and a left handed archer should use the opposite.

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