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Definition of Bowshots
1. bowshot [n] - See also: bowshot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowshots
Literary usage of Bowshots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"On the very next day Totila suddenly appeared with his whole army and encamped
at the distance of two bowshots from the Imperialists. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"At the distance only of two bowshots, the armies spent the morning in dreadful
suspense, and the Romans tasted some necessary food, ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"... and wished to withdraw, but eventually the wager was increased lo a hundred
camels, and the length of the course to a hundred bowshots. ..."
4. The Land of Little Rain by Mary Hunter Austin (1903)
"2) reading thus: " In this direction three bowshots is a spring of sweet water;
look for it. ..."
5. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1888)
"... from which they were not to wander farther than two or three bowshots, receiving
a liberal allowance for their support, while the king should ask the ..."
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