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Title: Archery terms
Post by: Pat B on December 06, 2014, 02:17:28 pm

Somewhere in my archery history I saw a list of sayings that came from archery. A few examples are "the parting shot" and " the rule of thumb". Does anyone remember where it might be located, what book(s) it might be in or where I might look.
 If you know of any, please list them here.  Thanks

Title: Re: Archery terms
Post by: DC on December 06, 2014, 02:32:22 pm

http://jordansequillion.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/archery-and-the-english-language/

Maybe here?

Title: Re: Archery terms
Post by: JEB on December 06, 2014, 02:56:06 pm

Maybe:  Archery by Natalie Reichert and Gilman Keasey, 1961

Title: Re: Archery terms
Post by: Pat B on December 06, 2014, 03:04:11 pm

DC, that's not the list I was thinking of but it has a lot of the same terms. Thanks.
JEB, that is a book I don't have. I'll have to look it up.

Title: Re: Archery terms
Post by: DC on December 06, 2014, 03:13:40 pm

I had always heard that "Rule of thumb" meant that you could not beat your wife with a stick larger than your thumb.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb

Scroll down to "thumbs used for abuse"

I like the fistmele idea better :)

Title: Re: Archery terms
Post by: Dharma on December 06, 2014, 05:02:55 pm

It's most likely a history book. "Parting shot" actually comes from "Parthian shot", the practice of horse-borne Parthians to turn and around and loose an arrow as it appeared they were fleeing.

Title: Re: Archery terms
Post by: chamookman on December 07, 2014, 04:40:07 am

I had a bunch of words come to mind that I've heard on the 3-d course, but can't use them on this site  :o ;D. Bob

Title: Re: Archery terms
Post by: Pat B on December 07, 2014, 09:29:04 am

Bob, I know and have used at least most of those words but I was looking for other archery related phrases.  ;D