Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: archery
IPA transcription: ['ɑɹtʃɚi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: archery
    Meaning: the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
Usage examples
  • Aunt Allison has forgotten where she put the box of arrows that we are to use in the archery contest after dinner.
  • The little Queen of Hearts listened smilingly, but her colour did not come back all evening, until after the archery contest.
  • "In archery," he said, "the great point to be observed is not simply the perforation of the leather; for men have not all the same strength.
  • Say even that he does certainly contend with others, as in archery competitions; yet mark, in that case, how courteously he will bow and go up for the forfeit-cup, and come down again and give it to his competitor.