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(n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; - so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Longbow'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/longbow.html. 1828.
 
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