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Definition of Longbows
1. longbow [n] - See also: longbow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longbows
Literary usage of Longbows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"I left the house, glad that the interview was over and determined to see as little
of the longbows as possible, unless I could get Charles by himself. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"longbows.—A friend of mine who is much interested in antiquities made a statement
a few days ago that there were no longbows now in existence in England, ..."
3. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"The knight, who watched his motions, observed that this second place of concealment
was furnished with two or three good longbows, a cross-bow, ..."
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