recurve

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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

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

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)