Marksmanship

Definitions

The ability to shoot accurately at a target.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“One evening when it was barely even dusk a sentry let⟳ fly⟳ at me from a distance of twenty yards; but he missed me by a yard—goodness knows how many times the Spanish standard of marksmanship has saved my life.”

“After a fine night on the grog, with bladder pressures reaching an estimated 4,000,000 psi (estimated by drunken scientists), the comparatively short range marksmanship required of an in-sink micturator is a significantly more approachable challenge⟳ than the tricky long yellow of the traditional method.”

“City's multi-talented squad can cover⟳ almost all eventualities, but this was a game in which they sorely missed the marksmanship of the injured Sergio Aguero, and also Kevin de Bruyne's creation.”

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