bowshot
/ˈbəʊʃɒt/
Etymology
From bow + shot.
noun
- The act of firing an arrow from a bow.“It is, however, interesting in connection with that fact to remember that the last bowshot in English warfare was fired during the Civil War.”
- The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.“If you will obligingly, set up your armour targets within a shortened range, say, for instance, a Robin Hood bowshot of 200 yards, you shall see what the brute force of the old smooth-bore will do.”