recurve
Example Sentences
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Competitors use either recurve or compound bows, depending on the event.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021
Ana Paula Vázquez, Mexico: Young archer who began her career using the compound bow, but who has since switched to the recurve bow.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021
But when he turned 21, a friend gave him a Hungarian recurve horseback bow.
From New York Times • May 31, 2018
On Thursday, reporters were given the chance to wield the Olympic-style recurve bow -- with mixed results.
From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2012
It cannot be classified as a whorl as the only recurve is spoiled by the appendage abutting upon it at the point of contact with the line of flow.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
