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(discipline) – A competitive archery discipline in which allowed bow accessories are severely limited. For example, in World Archery competitions, sights, draw check devices, and stabilizers are banned; arrow rests are allowed with restrictions on size and placement; and vibration dampeners and weights are allowed if directly attached to the bow.
"Archery". Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume Three: Results (PDF). Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. p. 38. ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-23 "Archery Official Results Book". Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad (PDF). Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004.
Archery is the art, sport, practice or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. Archery may also refer to: Archery, Georgia , an unincorporated community, United States
Para-archery is an adaptation of archery for athletes with a disability, governed by the World Archery (WA) and is one of the sports in the Summer Paralympic Games. [73] There are also several other lesser-known and historical forms of archery, as well as archery novelty games and flight archery , where the aim is to shoot the greatest distance.
French-language specialized dictionaries (synonyms, etymologies, etc.). A specialized dictionary is a dictionary that covers a relatively restricted set of phenomena. The definitive book on the subject (Cowie 2009) includes chapters on some of the dictionaries included below: synonyms; pronunciations; names (place names and personal names)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Hunting by archery Bowhunter in Utah Bowhunting (or bow hunting) is the practice of hunting game animals by archery. Many indigenous peoples have employed the technique as their primary hunting method for thousands of years, and it has survived into contemporary use for sport and ...
Fistmele, also known as the "brace height", is a term used in archery to describe the distance between a bow and its string. [1] The term itself is a Saxon word (suffix -mele referring to the old form of the archaic sense of meal as "measure") indicating the measure of a clenched hand with the thumb extended.
Field archery is any archery discipline that involves shooting at outdoor targets of varying and often unmarked distance, typically in woodland and rough terrain.. Being a traditional field sport as well as a widely recognized competitive sport in its own right, field archery can be used to improve the techniques and fitness required for bowhunting in a realistic wilderness setting.