From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisharcheryar‧cher‧y /ˈɑːtʃəri $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [uncountable] DSOthe sport of shooting arrows from a bow
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archery• She excelled at archery and won an Olympic silver medal at the London Games in 1908.• Before, archery was a series of flights of shooters aiming at a target and counting up their scores.• These include birds of prey flying demonstrations, morris dancing, archery tournaments and car rallies, to name but a few.• The boy, Allen of the Dale, taught her archery.• They had never heard of religion and were interested only in archery and swift horses.• Langston, a sophomore at Mountain View High, started in archery when she first lived here.• A record dated 1665 shows that at that time the archery contests were held over 4 days. 