† bowstaffn.
Obsolete.
A stick to be made into a bow.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > process in bow- or arrow-making > material for bows
yewOE
bowstaff1436
bois d'arc1805
bow-wood1805
stave1891
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for making bows
yewOE
bowstaff1436
staff1545
bow-sting1551
bow-wood1805
1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 171 Osmonde, coppre, bow-staffes, stile, and wex.
1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII xiv For euery xxiiii. bundelles of bowstaues xxvis. viiid.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. Agreement Henry IV in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 167 In the yeere of our Lord 1394..werke, waxe, osmunds, and bowstaues, to the value of 1060. nobles.]
1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 172 Garble is to sort and chuse the good from the bad as the Garbling of Bowstaves.
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xiii. 218/1 Bow-staves and Arrows at low Prices.
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