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flight-shot

flight-shot noun: the distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile).

Noun

flight-shot (plural flight-shots)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dated, dialectal) The distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile).
    • half a flight-shot from the king's oak1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees...
    • a very swift and clear stream run within a flight-shot from it in the valley1680 April 27 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for April 18 1680]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I...
    Synonyms:
    bowshot

Synonyms of flight-shot

Forms of flight-shot

pluralflight-shots

Questions about flight-shot

What does flight-shot mean?
Flight-shot means the distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile).
What part of speech is flight-shot?
Flight-shot is a noun.
What is the plural of flight-shot?
The plural of flight-shot is flight-shots.

Words near flight-shot in the dictionary

  1. flight tickets
  2. flight time
  3. flight times
  4. flight-mare
  5. flight-mares
  6. flight-shot
  7. flight-shots
  8. flight-specific
  9. flight-time equivalent dose
  10. flight-time equivalent doses
  11. flightcase

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