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  2. Bow shape - Wikipedia

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    Longbows as used by English archers in the Middle Ages at such battles as Crecy and Agincourt were straight limb bows. A recurve bow has tips that curve away from the archer when the bow is strung. By one definition, the difference between recurve and other bows is that the string touches a section of the limb when the bow is strung.

  3. Holmegaard bow - Wikipedia

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    The shape of the Holmegaard bows is their distinctive feature, having wide, parallel limbs and a biconvex midsection with the tips ending in a point. The handle is deep, narrow and remains stiff while the bow is drawn. The bows are generally between 170 and 180 cm in length and less than 6 cm wide.

  4. Glossary of archery terms - Wikipedia

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    bow press (equipment) – A mechanical press which flexes the limbs of a compound bow, taking tension off the string and cable(s) to allow bow maintenance. bow square (equipment) – A specialized T-square with measuring marks that clips onto the bow string, used to set nocking points for all bows and setting the brace height of recurve bows.

  5. Compound bow - Wikipedia

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    In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. [1] The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri , and a US patent was granted in 1969.

  6. Flatbow - Wikipedia

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    The flatbow is a superior bow design for almost all materials because the stress is more evenly spread out than with rounded limb sections. A bow limb is essentially a flexed beam undergoing bending, and in any flexed beam the farther from the neutral axis (line in the middle of the flexing beam which is not under tension or compression: see diagram in Bending article) the more stress there is ...

  7. Composite bow - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of a Ming dynasty Kaiyuan horn, bamboo, and sinew composite bow by Chinese bowyer Gao Xiang A Korean master archer using a modern Korean composite bow. A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, a form of laminated bow. The horn is on the belly, facing the archer, and sinew on the ...

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    The 18-year-old student at Huntington High School made the concerning post on Snapchat, prompting a tipster to alert Suffolk County officers.

  9. Archery - Wikipedia

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    The cross-section of the limb also varies; the classic longbow is a tall bow with narrow limbs that are D-shaped in cross section, and the flatbow has flat wide limbs that are approximately rectangular in cross-section. Cable-backed bows use cords as the back of the bow; the draw weight of the bow can be adjusted by changing the tension of the ...

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