draw weight
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]draw weight (plural draw weights)
- (archery) The force (weight) required to draw a bow to its fully-cocked position.
- The enormous draw weight of the English longbow required archers to train from a very young age to be capable of using it.
- 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 27:
- She figured her bow had only a forty-pound draw weight, but it was enough.
- (curling) The force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).