recurve

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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

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

On Thursday, reporters were given the chance to wield the Olympic-style recurve bow -- with mixed results.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2012

Thus an impression having a delta and a recurve, but not having a ridge count across a looping ridge, falls into this classification.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)