archery
Americannoun
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the art, practice, or skill of an archer.
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archers collectively, as in an army.
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the equipment of an archer, as bows and arrows.
noun
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the art or sport of shooting with bows and arrows
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archers or their weapons collectively
Etymology
Origin of archery
1350–1400; Middle English archerye < Middle French archerie, equivalent to arch ( i ) er archer + -ie -y 3
Example Sentences
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To get all-day care all summer long, Spillman registered her son for some 20 different camp sessions, focused on everything from cartooning to sculpture and archery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
The 2028 program will include new mixed team medal opportunities in artistic gymnastics, track and field, golf, archery, table tennis and coastal rowing to create a record number of medal events.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
Dre in a lot of ways—self-taught, can play a trumpet, might qualify for the Olympics in archery, can play a piano—self-taught.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025
A research team led by the UAB has made exceptional discoveries on prehistoric archery from the early Neolithic period, 7,000 years ago.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
I don’t know where a simple bow and arrow could possibly find a place in all this high-tech equipment, but then we come upon a wall of deadly archery weapons.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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