handbown.

Brit.

/ˈhan(d)bəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˌboʊ/

Forms: see hand n. and bow n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., bow n.¹

Etymology: < hand n. + bow n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch hantbōge (Dutch handboog), Middle Low German hantbōge, Middle High German hantboge (German Handbogen), Old Icelandic handbogi, Old Swedish handbughe (Swedish handbåge), Old Danish, Danish †haandbue.

Chiefly historical in later use.

A bow in which the string is drawn and released by hand, as distinguished from a crossbow (see crossbow n.). Cf. longbow n..

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1448 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 226 Þo holys þat ben made forre hand gunnyss þey ben scarse kne hey fro þe plawnchere... Þere can non man schete owt at þem [MS þen] wyth no hand bowys.

1501 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1889) XII. 236 Twa hand bollis, with four gunnis and twa culverynis.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. vi. 51 He made all maner ordinaunce: handbowes, fyrie dartes, rackettes.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Mak reddy ȝour corsbollis, hand bollis, fyir speyris.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 160 Neither had they any other weapons but hand-bowes (for crosse-bowes were not then used).

1658 O. Magnus Hist. Northern Nations in J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man (1845) II. xvi. 85 Parents teach all their children..how to hold, raise, depress, or turn obliquely their hand-bows.

1726 F. Altieri Dizionario Italiano & Inglese at Arco A bow, a hand-bow, a long-bow.

1827 J. E. Alexander Trav. India to Eng. i. i. 8 The weapons were a bow, from six to seven feet in length,..and a hand-bow, of four feet.

1894 Lincs. Notes & Queries 4 20 It weighs 1 ounce 89 grains Avoirdupois, consequently is too heavy for a hand bow.

1951 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 7 44 As late as the seventeenth century the Lapps used hand-bows about six feet long.

1982 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 12 Jan. e6/1 Archer April Moon holds the women's handbow distance record with a flight of 923 yd. 18 in.

2007 D. Lindholm & D. Nicolle Scand. Baltic Crusades 1100–1500 15 In some respects the simple or early form of crossbow was actually easier to manufacture than a good quality handbow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	handbow
释义	handbown. Brit. /ˈhan(d)bəʊ/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌboʊ/ Forms: see hand n. and bow n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., bow n.¹ Etymology: < hand n. + bow n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch hantbōge (Dutch handboog), Middle Low German hantbōge, Middle High German hantboge (German Handbogen), Old Icelandic handbogi, Old Swedish handbughe (Swedish handbåge), Old Danish, Danish †haandbue. Chiefly historical in later use. A bow in which the string is drawn and released by hand, as distinguished from a crossbow (see crossbow n.). Cf. longbow n.. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow bowa1000 longbow1386 handbow1448 1448 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 226 Þo holys þat ben made forre hand gunnyss þey ben scarse kne hey fro þe plawnchere... Þere can non man schete owt at þem [MS þen] wyth no hand bowys. 1501 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1889) XII. 236 Twa hand bollis, with four gunnis and twa culverynis. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. vi. 51 He made all maner ordinaunce: handbowes, fyrie dartes, rackettes. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Mak reddy ȝour corsbollis, hand bollis, fyir speyris. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 160 Neither had they any other weapons but hand-bowes (for crosse-bowes were not then used). 1658 O. Magnus Hist. Northern Nations in J. Train Hist. & Statist. Acct. Isle of Man (1845) II. xvi. 85 Parents teach all their children..how to hold, raise, depress, or turn obliquely their hand-bows. 1726 F. Altieri Dizionario Italiano & Inglese at Arco A bow, a hand-bow, a long-bow. 1827 J. E. Alexander Trav. India to Eng. i. i. 8 The weapons were a bow, from six to seven feet in length,..and a hand-bow, of four feet. 1894 Lincs. Notes & Queries 4 20 It weighs 1 ounce 89 grains Avoirdupois, consequently is too heavy for a hand bow. 1951 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 7 44 As late as the seventeenth century the Lapps used hand-bows about six feet long. 1982 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 12 Jan. e6/1 Archer April Moon holds the women's handbow distance record with a flight of 923 yd. 18 in. 2007 D. Lindholm & D. Nicolle Scand. Baltic Crusades 1100–1500 15 In some respects the simple or early form of crossbow was actually easier to manufacture than a good quality handbow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1448
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