draw weight

plural draw weights · alternative drawweight

1. archeryThe force (weight) required to draw a bow to its fully-cocked position.

   The enormous draw weight of the English longbow required archers to train from a very young age to be capable of using it.

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   She figured her bow had only a forty-pound draw weight, but it was enough.

   2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 27

2. ball gamesThe force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).