Usually means: Tall bow, shoots arrows far.
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  1. longbow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. longbow: Merriam-Webster
  3. longbow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. longbow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. longbow: Collins English Dictionary
  6. longbow: Vocabulary.com
  7. Longbow, longbow: Wordnik
  8. longbow: Wiktionary
  9. longbow: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Longbow, longbow: Dictionary.com
  11. Longbow (disambiguation), Longbow: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Longbow: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. longbow: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. longbow: Rhymezone
  15. Longbow: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. Longbow: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. longbow: FreeDictionary.org
  18. longbow: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. longbow: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. longbow: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  21. longbow: Infoplease Dictionary

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  1. longbow: Encyclopedia

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  1. Longbow: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (longbow)

▸ noun:  A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.

Similar:
shortbow, bowstring, flatbow, composite bow, warbow, bowstringer, selfbow, self bow, bow and arrow, flax bow, more...

Opposite:
shortbow, recurve bow, compound bow

Types:
yew, oak, ash, maple, bamboo, linden, chestnut, black locust, more...

Phrases:
to draw the longbow, draw the longbow, English longbow, AN/APG-78 Longbow, more...

Adjectives:
english, welsh, famous, traditional, powerful, old, medieval, deadly, foot, pound, ordinary



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Similar:
shortbow, bowstring, flatbow, composite bow, warbow, bowstringer, selfbow, self bow, bow and arrow, flax bow, more...

Opposite:
shortbow, recurve bow, compound bow

Types:
yew, oak, ash, maple, bamboo, linden, chestnut, black locust, more...

Phrases:
to draw the longbow, draw the longbow, English longbow, AN/APG-78 Longbow, more...

Adjectives:
english, welsh, famous, traditional, powerful, old, medieval, deadly, foot, pound, ordinary



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