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Fistmele, also known as the "brace height", is a term used in archery to describe the distance between a bow and its string. [1] The term itself is a Saxon word (suffix -mele referring to the old form of the archaic sense of meal as "measure") indicating the measure of a clenched hand with the thumb extended.
bracing (practice) – The act of attaching a bow string to a bow. brace height (measure) – The distance from the string to the pivot point of the bow's grip. bracer (equipment) – A protective strap or sheath for an archer's forearm (a.k.a. arm guard) broadhead (equipment) – A sharp-bladed hunting head
A = bow riser/grip, B = median plane of the bow, C = arrow aiming line and trajectory Arrow flexing both towards and away from the bow handle. The archer's paradox is the phenomenon of an arrow traveling in the direction it is pointed at full draw , when it seems that the arrow would have to pass through the starting position it was in before ...
Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow – longbow , barebow, recurve and compound – can be used.
A Dutch bracer from the late 16th century, made of ivory and intricately decorated . A bracer (or arm-guard) is a strap or sheath, commonly made of leather, stone or plastic, that covers the ventral (inside) surface of an archer's bow-holding arm.
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The Archery GB version of clout is used in the United Kingdom. The information in this section is drawn from Part 7 Clout Shooting of the Rules of Shooting (January 2023). [1] Flags are set at specified distances for combinations of age and gender. The archer's bow type does not affect the distance the archer shoots.