a large bow drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th to the 16th centuries.
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Hadza men of northern Tanzania, for example, leave camp daily to walk the savanna woodland in search of food, armed with wooden longbows and a selection of poisoned arrows.
Let not the reader imagine that we are drawing the longbow here, and making these Moors to be more cruel than they really were.
The Quarel or bolt used for the crossbow is shorter and thicker than that used for the longbow.
A tall man appeared upon the shore of the island, a longbow in his hand.
Kenric many times took up his longbow and sent his arrow shafts swiftly towards the heart of his enemy.
"Let every man who can draw a longbow, or wield pike or sword, be sent upon the ships," said the knight.