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Glossary: Middle English glosarie, from Latin glōssārium, from glōssa, foreign word. |
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Archery, medieval style. |
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Sefin: A Turkish archer's thumb ring.
Self bow: A bow made from one piece of wood.
Self nocked arrow: An arrow that does not have a separate nock fitted, instead the nock is cut into the end of the shaft.
Serving: A wrapping of thread that prevents wear on the bowstring.
Shaft: The body of an arrow to which the nock, pile and fletchings are fitted.
Sheath of arrows: A bundle of twenty four arrows.
Shooting line: The line which archers stand astride when shooting, also a reference line for the various target distances.
Short bow: A bow usually half the height of the archer using the bow.
Sight: A device on the bow that allows the archer to take aim on the target.
Skirt: The part of the target outside the scoring area.
Slur bow: A crossbow with a barrel slotted on both sides for the string, dating from the early 16th century.
Speed shooting, Shower shooting: A contest to fire as many arrows as possible into the air at one time.
Spent arrow: An arrow that has travelled too far to be effective (usually resulting in a bouncer).
Spine: The stiffness of an arrow shaft, measured by placing the shaft horizontally between two points 28 inches apart and hanging a two pound weight from the centre. The spine is the deflection (in inches) at this central point.
Springbow: A bow or crossbow set as a trap for animals.
Stabiliser: A weight mounted on a bow to minimise undesirable torque of the bow string upon release.
Stacking: A rapid increase in draw weight in the last few inches of draw.
Stave: A piece of wood destined to be shaped into a bow.
Steelbow: A bow made of steel, usually a flattened pipe (Europe) or a spring-like device (India)
Stele: The wooden shaft of an arrow.
String: [1] A bowstring. [2] To fit a bow with a string.
Stringer: [1] An aid to stringing a bow. [2] A maker or seller of bowstrings. |