recurve
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The archery ranking rounds with the compound and recurve bows are being held this morning Tokyo time as well, setting up how the competition will unfold on later days.
From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 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
Archery: In Paralympic archery, archers compete in two classes - Open and W1 - and there are two bows used, compound and recurve.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2016
Sales of kid-size recurve bows have more than quadrupled this year, said Jim Belcher, owner of the manufacturer Sky Archery, based in Brighton, Mich., which specializes in this most traditional of bows.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012
In lieu of a recurve in front of the delta in the inner pattern area, an obstruction at right angles to the line of flow will suffice.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
