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dartchery

dartchery noun: a sport that is a combination of darts and archery. It was played at the Paralympics.

Noun

dartchery (uncountable)

  1. A sport that is a combination of darts and archery. It was played at the Paralympics.
    • Among the most courageous—and successful—darts players are Australian, paralysed in the lower limbs and part of the trunk, who try their hands at dart-archery (often called dartchery).1971, Jack Pollard, Ampol's Sporting Records, page 269
    • Dartchery is also part of the archery game. Competitors, meeting in pairs, shoot at a dart archery target at 15 yards.1972 May, Rehabilitation Record, volumes 13-14, page 27

Origin of dartchery

Blend of darts + archery.

Questions about dartchery

What does dartchery mean?
Dartchery means a sport that is a combination of darts and archery. It was played at the Paralympics.
What part of speech is dartchery?
Dartchery is a noun.

Words near dartchery in the dictionary

  1. dartars
  2. dartball
  3. dartboard
  4. dartboards
  5. Dartbrook
  6. dartchery
  7. darted
  8. darted about
  9. darter
  10. darters
  11. dartest

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