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HANDBOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does handbow mean?
• HANDBOW (noun)
The noun HANDBOW has 1 sense:
1. a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow
Familiarity information: HANDBOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("handbow" is a kind of...):
bow (a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow)
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