LONGBOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does longbow mean? 

• LONGBOW (noun)
  The noun LONGBOW has 1 sense:

1. a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England

  Familiarity information: LONGBOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONGBOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("longbow" 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)