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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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Tackle: Archery equipment.
Take down bow: A bow that has removable limbs.
Target Captain: Under GNAS rules, the third person on each target is the Target Captain for that target and is responsible for the orderly conduct of shooting and scoring.
Target Face: A sheet of paper or canvas with a target painted/printed on it.
Target Lieutenant: The Target Captains assistant and according to GNAS rules, the forth person on each target list.
Thumb ring: See archer's ring.
Tiller: [1] The stock of a crossbow. [2] Adjustable on most modern Recurve and Compound bows; the balance between the upper and lower limbs, measured from the base of the limb to the string.
Tillering: Adjusting the shape, strength or size of a bow.
Torque: This is the twisting of the bow by an improper hold.
Toxa: Greek for bows and arrows, with reference to poisoning arrows.
Toxophilite: A devotee of archery.
Toxophily: The love of archery.
Tuning: The art of obtaining the most consistent arrow flight from a bow and arrow for any particular archer. This is achieved by matching the arrow spine, FOC, fletchings to the bow, and by adjustment of the bow string (number of strands/type of material), nocking point, bracing height and for modern compound bows; the tiller, Plunger button (spring tension and offset) and type of stabiliser setup used. In fact just about anything that is or is not adjustable can affect the tune of the bow, arrow ,archer setup. |