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† hoyle1 Archery. Obs.
A mark made use of by archers when shooting at rovers.
1614C. Brooke Ghost Rich. III, F iv b, Gold sets vp markes, Hoyles, pricks for any Ayme. 1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxvi. 334 [Robin Hood and his men] At long-buts, short, and hoyles, each one could cleave the pin. 1801T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 226 Hoyle. 1845Anecd. Archery, Glossary 388 Hoyle, a short moving mark.
Hence hoyling vbl. n. or ppl. a.
1590Lanc. Wills (Chetham Soc.) III. 68 My vewe bowe wth the redd handle and all my hoyling arrowes. |