"recurve bow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: recurve bows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} recurve bow (plural recurve bows)
  1. (weaponry) A bow whose two tips curve away from the archer when drawn, which gives the shot greater power and speed. Categories (topical): Archery, Weapons Related terms: compound bow, selfbow Translations (type of bow): 反曲弓 (Chinese Mandarin), recurveboog (Dutch), vastakaarijousi (Finnish), arc classique [masculine] (French), リカーブボウ (Japanese), 반곡궁 (ban'gokgung) (alt: 反曲弓) (Korean), arco recurvo [masculine] (Portuguese), олимпийский лук (olimpijskij luk) (Russian), rekurvbåge (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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