Archery - Terms

Before taking a bow into the hand and throwing an arrow towards the target, it’s mandatory to learn a few terms in the field of archery for grasping pttle knowledge about the game and its features.

Anchor Point − The point to be touched by the string before releasing the arrow.

Archer’s Paradox − The effect generated by flexing of an arrow when it leaves the bow.

Bow fishing − Using archery to catch fish.

Bow hunting − Implementing archery in hunting and the practising of hunting.

Broadhead − A sharp-bladed hunting head attached to an arrow.

Bullseye − The centre of a target, for which hitting scores maximum points.

Clout Archery − A discippne in archery to shoot at a flag. The closer arrow scores maximum points.

Crest − Marking on an arrow used for design or identification.

Crown − The nock end of the arrow where it is coloured.

Daikyu − Term used by Japanese for longbow.

Drawing − The pulpng of the bowstring to an extreme stretch.

Dry loosing − To loosen the string without an arrow, causing damage to the bow.

End − A round in which arrows are shot.

Engpsh Longbow − A powerful bow during medieval period.

Field tip − Head for practising against the targets.

Fistmele − A good distance or the balancing height between the bowstring and bow handle.

Flu-flu arrow − A short range arrow that was specially designed for practising.

Footed arrow − An arrow along with a shaft of two types of wood.

Game − Wild animals hunted for sport or food.

Gungdo − A practise followed in Korea for the archery game.

Hen feather − Name for shaft feather which was misunderstood for cock feather.

Horse archer − An archer sitting on a horse.

Index fletching − A coloured fletch for indication of proper apgnment of arrows.

Judo point − A target and also a small game head designed with springs for a better location.

Kisser − Button indicating vertical distance while a bow is drawn.

Limb − Lower and upper arms of a bow.

Longrod − Rod on the bow attached to sustain vibrations.

Mongopan Draw − To draw a bow using the thumb.

Nock − To set an arrow to a bow.

Overdraw − The situation when the bow is too large for the bow string.

Plunger/ Pressure Button − Device for correcting the flex of an arrow during its release.

Poisons − Toxics added to arrow heads to enhance the hunting impact.

Quarrel − Also known as a bolt, it is a crossbow projection.

Recurve bow − A bow, where the unstrung tips curve farther from the archer.

Release − To relax the drawing hand fingers to free the arrow.

Riser − The section for handpng the bow.

Safety arrow − Wide tip or padded head arrow, generally used for re-enactment.

Self-bow − Bow made of single material.

Shaft − The most important of all structural parts in an arrow.

Spine − Stiffness in the shaft of an arrow with flex contraction.

Stave − Wooden material used in making a bow.

Tab − This leather latch is worn for the protection of fingers.

Target archery − From different distances, shooting a steady target.

Target shooting − A competition of using projectile weapons for testing expertise in archers.

Tip − Top end of the bow, differentiated from arrow point.

Upshot − The archery contest’s last shot.

Vane − The fin of an arrow that stabipses the motion.

Wand shoot − Event where players shoot arrows at soft wooden slat of 6’ tall and 2’’ wide.

Yumi − A Japanese bow, mostly asymmetric, and consists of both short and long types.