archery-ground

Somtimes they are held in grounds specially devoted to the purpose, as is the case at St. Leonard's, near Hastings, where the archery-ground will well repay a visit.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various

Widmore, was still an ardent toxophilite; and at St. Leonard's the old maiden lady who was queen of the archery-ground was over sixty, and still "shot a fine shoot," as Justice Shallow says.

Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters 1891

Borrowing a metaphor from the archery-ground, and gracefully, as it seems, alluding to a former misappreciation of the services of Cortes, the Emperor said that he wished to deal with him as those who contend with the crossbow, whose first shots go wide of the mark, and then {219} they improve and improve, until they hit the centre of the white.

South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890

She had not followed the bent of her own inclination when she had descended to sheets and towels, and busied herself to establish an archery-ground.

The Prime Minister 1876

Half-a-dozen gentlemen made their appearance, carrying bows, arrows, targets, etc., and seeking a good place for an impromptu archery-ground.

A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 A Novel Harry Coghill 1871

Fred came with her, and she turned down the long alley leading to the archery-ground.

The Young Step-Mother Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Apparently something had changed Gwendolen's mood since the hour of exulting enjoyment in the archery-ground.

Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849

The archery-ground was a carefully-kept enclosure on a bit of table-land at the farthest end of the park, protected toward the southwest by tall elms and a thick screen of hollies, which kept the gravel walk and the bit of newly-mown turf where the targets were placed in agreeable afternoon shade.

Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849

Miss Bruce had not traversed the archery-ground twenty-five feet, from target to target, on her way to the refreshment-tent, ere half-a-dozen of the household troops, a bachelor baronet, and the richest young commoner of his year were presented by her host, at their own earnest request.

M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." G.J. Whyte-Melville 1849

That Mr. Grandcourt might after all not appear on the archery-ground, had begun to enter into

Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849