† bowstaffn.

Forms: Plural bowstaves.

Etymology: < bow n.¹ 4.

Obsolete.

A stick to be made into a bow.

ΘΚΠ

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	bowstaff
释义	† bowstaffn. Forms: Plural bowstaves. Etymology: < bow n.¹ 4. Obsolete. A stick to be made into a bow. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1436
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