bowshot

• "Across the field and out of bowshot, and with ranks of soldiers dug in between them and the forest They'll not take Tir na n'Og," Kelsey added. —  Spearwielder's Tale 3.htm
• They were within a long bowshot, but the riders did not show themselves against the light, and the Orcs wasted many arrows shooting at the fires, until Uglúk stopped them. —  The Lord of the Rings
• "We can make them scatter from beyond bowshot, if we set up a couple of the catapults." —  Map.html
• The lancers would try to hit a hand gallop just at extreme bowshot, to get them through the killing ground as fast as possible. —  Map.html
• They started their quarry with the help of large dogs, and followed it over hill and dale till they got within bowshot: if it was but slightly wounded and turned on them, they gave it the finishing stroke with their lances without dismounting Illustration: 178.jpg A LION-HUNT Drawn by Boudier, from a bas-relief in the British Museum Occasionally, however, they were obliged to follow their prey into places where horses could not easily penetrate; then a hand-to-hand conflict was inevitable. —  History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)

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