archery

Word Origin & History

c.1400, from Anglo-French archerye, Old French archerie, from archier "archer" (see archer).

Rob found considerable excitement and profit in his archery.

No woodcraft education is complete without a knowledge of archery.

The apparatus required is some light spears and an archery target.

It may be an archery target, a sack full of straw, or a sod bank.

Books on Archery, Fencing, and Duelling are also comprised by this heading.

Pigeon-shooting, polo-playing, tennis, and archery are all provided for.

I'll say I can—I've belonged to an archery club for five years.

I am a stranger here, bound as you to the archery meeting of Duke Adolf.

He had become a proficient in archery, and had filled a book full of sketches.

There was no archery, and many of the inmates of the Castle were asleep.