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单词 bowshot
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bowshotn.

Brit. /ˈbəʊʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈboʊˌʃɑt/
Forms: Middle English bow(e)-schote, 1500s bow(e)shote, bow-shotte, 1600s–1700s bowshoot(e, 1600s– bowshot.
Etymology: < bow n.1 + shot n.1
The distance to which an arrow can be shot from a bow.
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the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot > specific
bowshotc1300
bow-draughtc1400
buck-shot1447
flight-shot1455
gun-shot1532
bird bolt shot1570
cannon shot?1571
pistol shot1608
bolt's-shoot1677
rifle shot1803
gun-reach1825
rifle range1830
gun-range1852
c1300 K. Alis. 3491 A bowe-schote fro the brynke.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. l. 316 More than fowre bowschote.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xcv. 308 Themperour..auaunsyd hym selfe a bowe shote before his companye.
1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra i. v. 474 Within a Bow-shoot of their gates.
1739 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) VI. 163 When he was got within bow-shot.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. viii. 105 About a bow-shot from the end of the village. View more context for this quotation
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