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recurve

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for recurve.

Editorial note

Second, the recurve and reflex shapes of the bow is not what gives the bow its power.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A recurve bow.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of recurve gathered in one view.

noun

A recurve bow.

verb

To curve again, to rebend.

verb

To curve back on itself.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for recurve.

noun

A recurve bow.

verb

To curve again, to rebend.

verb

To curve back on itself.

noun

A landform consisting of a hook at the tip of a coastal spit.

Example sentences

1

Second, the recurve and reflex shapes of the bow is not what gives the bow its power.

2

If you look at all the high level recurve comps, everyone has an an arm gaurd.

3

One of the differences between the sort of archery he's doing and the standard recurve competition shooting you'll see is that the latter is much slower, more relaxed, with very defined, conscious aiming.

4

I prefer the antiquity of recurve bows and the lesser amounts of maintenance that comes with them.

5

I have found that recurve archers seem to be better about 'checking' their arrows after missed shots.

6

And the manchurian qing dynasty had a test where you had to be able to draw a 300 plus pound composite recurve bow!

7

There are very few top recurve archers that shoot without a guard.

8

Typical professional recurve bow users would rarely want to exceed 50 pounds as I understand it.

9

Nitpicking your comment but that's not Olympic archery, olympic archery doesn't include compound bows, only recurve bows(also the Olympics specifically uses 70m distance only).

10

To say that his tactics are suited to a shorter recurve supports one of her points, that he isn't showing anything archers didn't know about.

11

Shooting barebow recurve / horsebow is one of the most zen-like experiences I've had.

12

The instructor told us that in competition archery, if one uses a recurve bow, then winners are determined by who hits the bullseye (or closest) the most.

Quote examples

1

Modern recurve archers generally spend time "tuning" their setup.

2

Achieve "Archer" level in recurve style archery.

3

Barring faster-than-light travel, nothing within (or produced by) the "victim" solar system will be able to cross outside a surface near the trailling edge of the inrushing radiation: at early times all possible low-speed trajectories from the victim solar system ultimately recurve back to a (set of) point(s) within it and at late times all possible high-speed trajectories recurve inwards.

4

But what makes this rant a spectacular example of what sets off my own particular crab-osity is: "His tactics, though--speed shooting and so forth--are suited to a shorter recurve [...], which is designed to be shot in motion and from horseback."...like (although not identical to) the one he's using in the video.

Proper noun examples

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Recurve and compound archers are also typically shooting up to 90m (for men).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use recurve in a sentence?

Second, the recurve and reflex shapes of the bow is not what gives the bow its power.

What does recurve mean?

A recurve bow.

What part of speech is recurve?

recurve is commonly used as noun, verb.