Archery

A Rikbaktsa archer competes at Brazil's Indigenous Games

Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.^[1] The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow.^[2] Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite.^[3]

^ Paterson Encyclopaedia of Archery p. 17
^ Charlton T. Lewis; Charles Short (1879). "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, arcus". Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ The noun "toxophilite", meaning "a lover or devotee of archery, an archer" derives from Toxophilus by Roger Ascham —"imaginary proper name invented by Ascham, and hence title of his book (1545), intended to mean 'lover of the bow'." "toxophilite, n." Oxford English Dictionary. Second edition, 1989; online version November 2010. <http://www.oed.com:80/Entry/204131>; accessed 10 March 2011. Earlier version first published in New English Dictionary, 1913.

[Paterson17-1] Paterson Encyclopaedia of Archery p. 17

[2] Charlton T. Lewis; Charles Short (1879). "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, arcus". Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[3] The noun "toxophilite", meaning "a lover or devotee of archery, an archer" derives from Toxophilus by Roger Ascham —"imaginary proper name invented by Ascham, and hence title of his book (1545), intended to mean 'lover of the bow'." "toxophilite, n." Oxford English Dictionary. Second edition, 1989; online version November 2010. <http://www.oed.com:80/Entry/204131>; accessed 10 March 2011. Earlier version first published in New English Dictionary, 1913.

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