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stone-bow

stone-bow is the alternative form of stonebow.

Meaning of stonebow

Noun

stonebow (plural stonebows)

  1. (historical) A kind of crossbow used for shooting stones.
    • O, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye!c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (archaic) A toy catapult.
    • Children will shortly take him for a wall,
      And set their stone-bowes in his forhead1612 January 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, Iohn Fletcher, A King and No King. […], London: […] [John Beale] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1619, →OCLC, (please...

Forms of stone-bow

pluralstone-bows

Questions about stone-bow

What is stone-bow the alternative form of?
Stone-bow is the alternative form of stonebow.

Words near stone-bow in the dictionary

  1. stone's shot
  2. stone's throw
  3. stone's throws
  4. stone-age
  5. stone-blind
  6. stone-bow
  7. stone-bows
  8. stone-broke
  9. stone-caching
  10. stone-cold
  11. stone-cold fox

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