"compound bow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compound bows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} compound bow (plural compound bows)
  1. a modern bow that uses pulleys and cables to help with the drawing and releasing of the bowstring Categories (topical): Archery, Weapons Related terms: recurve bow, selfbow Translations (Translations): 複合弓 (Chinese Mandarin), 复合弓 (Chinese Mandarin), compoundboog (Dutch), arc à poulies (French), Compoundbogen (German), arco compound (Italian), コンパウンドボウ (Japanese), 현대 복합궁 (hyeondae bokhapgung) (Korean), łuk bloczkowy (Polish), arco composto [masculine] (Portuguese), arco de poleas (Spanish), ธนูทดกำลัง (Thai), makaralı yay (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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