单词 | bow-draught |
释义 | † bow-draughtn. Obsolete. A bowshot; the distance a bow will carry. ΘΚΠ 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 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. viii. 96 Fro thens a Bowe draughte, toward the Southe. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xv They come as nyghe kynge Bors as a bowe draughte. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 58 A place..that weill twa bowdraucht was, Fra thai the vattir passit had. 1716 Let. in R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 133 The kirk being about two bow draughts at most out of the road. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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