Meaning of bowsman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
2. An archer.

Examples

“Being the savage's bowsman, that is, the person who pulled the bow-oar in his boat (the second one from forward⟳), it was my cheerful duty to attend⟳ upon him while taking that hard-scrabble scramble upon the dead whale's back.”

“Whether from natural ailment, or disease engendered by the place⟳ he dwelt in, his strength had for many months past ebbed away, till at last⟳ he could no longer take⟳ his axe from the ingle nook, nor his bow from its crocks over the chimney. The best axeman and best bowsman on Avon side had become⟳ helpless as a puling infant.”

“The Des Moines archery club returned from Chicago a few weeks ago laden with trophies won in a contest with the Chicago bowsmen and bowswomen.”

“The annual meet⟳ of the National Archery Association will take⟳ place⟳ at the Soldiers’ Home next week, commencing on the 27th. It will be a merrie^([sic]) meet⟳, and all the skilled bowsmen and bowswomen in the districts are expected to compete⟳ for the admirable prizes.”

“But the bowsmen (and bowswomen, too) took off their shoes and socks and began pouring arrows into the 48-inch archery targets as the field rapidly dried.”

“Gregg says: “There is hardly any more effective weapon than the bow and arrow in the hands of an expert archer. While the musketeer will load⟳ and fire once, the bowsman will discharge a dozen arrows, and that, at a distance under fifty yards, with an accuracy nearly equal to the rifle.[…]””

“Now, the bowsmen heralded a mighty charge. Their arrows flew, and then the Crusader army turned in a massive and organized strike⟳.”

“Basavarāja has given some tips to the bowsman so that his aim will not miss⟳ the target⟳.”

“Each hunter carried about fifty arrows and an expert bowsman could launch⟳ them so fast that a shot arrow was still in the air while the next was being released.”

“Kaïnam thought, briefly, of returning to his cabin for the spellwines he had stored there: more than the cask of heal-all, there was also a flask of firewine that would put⟳ a burn to the serpent’s hide⟳, if he set⟳ it to a bowsman’s arrow.”

“The bowsman’s arrow took flight and Nissa swore softly.”

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