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longbows' - 2 dictionary results

long⋅bow

[lawng-boh, long-]
–noun
1. a large bow drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th to the 16th centuries.
2. draw the longbow, to exaggerate in telling stories; overstate something: He's sure to draw the longbow on the size of his catch of fish.

Origin:
1490–1500; long 1 + bow 2
long·bow   (lông'bō', lŏng'-)   
n.  A long, hand-drawn bow, such as that used in medieval England, which sometimes exceeded 6 feet (1.8 meters) in length.
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