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Webster 1913 Edition

Archery

Arch′er-y

,

Noun.

[OE.

archerie

.]

1.

The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

2.

Archers, or bowmen, collectively.

Let all our

archery

fall off
In wings of shot a-both sides of the van.

Webster (1607).

Webster 1828 Edition

Archery

'ARCHERY

,

Noun.

The use of the bow and arrow; the practice, art or skill of archers; the act of shooting with a bow and arrow.

Definition 2025

archery

archery

English

Noun

archery ‎(countable and uncountable, plural archeries)

(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
(countable) A group of archers.

Related terms

Translations

the practice

Afrikaans: boogskiet, boogskut
Chinese:
Mandarin: 箭術, 箭术 ‎(jiànshù), 射箭 (zh) ‎(shèjiàn)
Czech: lukostřelba f
Danish: bueskydning c
Dutch: boogschieten (nl) n
Estonian: vibusport
Ewe: aŋutrɔdada n
Finnish: jousiammunta
French: tir à l'arc (fr) m
Georgian: მშვილდოსნობა ‎(mšvildosnoba)
German: Bogenschießen (de) n
Greek: τοξοβολία (el) f ‎(toxovolía)
Hindi: धनुर्विद्या (hi) f ‎(dhanurvidyā), तीरंदाज़ी ‎(tīrandāzī)
Hungarian: íjászat (hu)
Indonesian: panahan (id)
Italian: tiro con l'arco n

Japanese: 弓道 (ja) ‎(きゅうどう, kyūdō); アーチェリー (ja) ‎(ācherī)
Latvian: loka šaušana f
Maltese: dwell
Mongolian:
Persian: تیراندازی با کمان
Polish: łucznictwo (pl) n
Portuguese: arco-e-flecha m
Russian: стрельба́ из лу́ка f ‎(strelʹbá iz lúka)
Scottish Gaelic: boghadaireachd f
Slovak: lukostrelectvo n
Slovene: lokostrelstvo n
Spanish: arquería (es) f, tiro al arco m
Swedish: bågskjutning n
Telugu: విలువిద్య (te) ‎(viluvidya)
Turkish: okçuluk (tr)
Tuvan:
Welsh: saethyddiaeth f

a group of archers