archership en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English archer Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English archership From archer + -ship.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The skill of an archer.
“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 184:1791, 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;
Translations (1)
pt arqueirismo (the skill of an archer)