Meanings
- uncountableThe skill of an archer.
1791, William Cowper (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, Book 19, in The Poetical Works of William Cowper, London: William Smith, 1839, p. 492, […] I shall fix, This day, the rings for trial to them all Of archership;
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“We can reckon on killing a stag, if he will stand still, at a hundred and fifty yards,” Ned said, “or running, at a hundred; don’t you think so?” “Well, six times out of seven we ought to at any rate,” Tom replied, “or our Devonshire archership has deserted us.”
1883, G. A. Henty, chapter 11, in Under Drake’s Flag, London: Blackie and Son, page 184
Origin
- Englisharcher
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englisharchership
Translations
Portuguese arqueirismo
- arqueirismothe skill of an archer
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