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Enchantment, a type of card in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering Enchanting (programming language) , educational programming language designed to program Lego Mindstorms NXT robots The Enchantments , an area within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Cascade Range
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21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.
Target Crossbow is a shorter distance, competition that is similar to field crossbow, frequently held indoors. Again, the target is archery type and the bolts are arrows type. It is exclusively governed by the WCSA. All crossbows from these events must be hand drawn, unless the competitor is handicapped.
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An unusually small crossbow bolt with a tapered "waist" shaft section and rear skirt compared to a 1 euro cent coin A bolt or quarrel is a dart -like projectile used by crossbows . [ 1 ] The word quarrel is from the Old French quarrel (> French carreau ) "square thing", [ 2 ] specialized use as quarrel d'arcbaleste (> carreau d'arbalète ...
Estimates for the draw of these bows varies considerably. Before the recovery of the Mary Rose, Count M. Mildmay Stayner, Recorder of the British Long Bow Society, estimated the bows of the Medieval period drew 90–110 pounds-force (400–490 newtons), maximum, and W. F. Paterson, Chairman of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, believed the weapon had a supreme draw weight of only 80–90 lb f ...
A modified bow is a bow, other than a crossbow, that has been physically altered so that it may be held, aimed and shot with one arm. When hunting deer, bear, elk and turkey, crossbow hunters must use only arrows, bolts and quarrels with a broadhead hunting type of point not less than 7 ⁄ 8 of an inch (2 cm) wide with a minimum of 14 inches ...