longbow in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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This prevented cavalry charges and slowed infantry long enough for the longbows to take a decisive toll on the enemy line.
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Wooden laminated longbows can be made by gluing together two or more different pieces of wood.
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Infantry at this time was most commonly armed with a longbow made of bamboo and a single- or double-handed broadsword probably similar to the khanda.
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She is also skilled with the longbow and has various other small weaponry tucked in her clothing.
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Her troops were mowed down by longbow, but she continued to charge.
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It is an important source for the history of the longbow, as the bows, archery implements and the skeletons of archers have been preserved.
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All agree that by far the largest proportion of the footmen were archers, armed with the longbow.
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However, the proper use of the longbow required a lifetime of training, making it impossible to amass very large forces of archers.
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Modern compound bows and recurve bows are used, as well as some longbows.
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A flatbow can be just as long as a longbow, but can be very short.
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