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10 Language-to-English DictionariesArrowshot
/ˈær.oʊ.ʃɒt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The flight of an arrow or the distance it covers when shot from a bow.
"The deer stood just within arrowshot of the hunter's blind." - 2
A strike, wound, or impact caused by an arrow.
"He bore the mark of an old arrowshot on his shoulder from the border skirmishes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'arwwe' (from Proto-Germanic *arhwjō) combined with 'shot' (from Old English 'gesceot'), tracing back to ancient Germanic hunting and warfare terminology. Over centuries, the compound evolved to describe both the act of discharging a missile weapon and the distance or trajectory covered by the projectile.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Arrowshot" is said worldwide
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tir à l'arc
Transliteration: tiʁ a l'aʁk
"La cible était placée à bonne distance de tir à l'arc."
Pfeilschuss
Transliteration: ˈpfaɪ̯lˌʃʊs
"Das Ziel befand sich in Reichweite eines Pfeilschusses."
tiro con l'arco
Transliteration: ˈtiːro kon ˈlarko
"Il cervo era a portata di un tiro con l'arco."
flechazo
Transliteration: fleˈtʃaθo
"El ciervo estaba a poca distancia de un flechazo."
flechada
Transliteration: fleˈʃadɐ
"O alvo foi atingido por uma flechada certeira."
तीर का निशाना
Transliteration: teer ka nishana
"हिरण तीर के निशाने की सीमा के भीतर था।"
箭击
Transliteration: jiàn jī
"鹿在弓箭射程之内。"
화살의 거리
Transliteration: hwasarui geori
"사슴은 화살이 닿는 거리에 있었다."
矢の射程
Transliteration: ya no shatei
"獲物は矢の射程内にいた。"
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