Meanings
nounflight-shot (plural flight-shots)
plural flight-shots
- ScotlandUKdateddialectalThe distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile).
half a flight-shot from the king's oak
1826, [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, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC1 more example
a very swift and clear stream run within a flight-shot from it in the valley
1680 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, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLCSynonyms: bowshot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile).
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