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draw weight en · NOUN

Etymology

From draw + weight.

Meanings

1. The 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.
   • She figured her bow had only a forty-pound draw weight, but it was enough. 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 27:
2. The force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).

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