stone bow
English
Etymology
stone + bow. From being a stone tossing crossbow.
Alternative forms
- stonebow, stone-bow
Noun
stone bow (plural stone bows)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see stone, bow. (a bow made of stone; a sculpture)
- A type of man-portable one-person crossbow, which throws rocks (or similar projectiles) instead of bolts (“arrows”). Sometimes used as a hunting bow.
Synonyms
- rock-throwing crossbow
- stone-throwing crossbow
- bullet-throwing crossbow
- shot-throwing crossbow
- rock-tossing crossbow
- stone-tossing crossbow
- bullet-tossing crossbow
- shot-tossing crossbow
- rock-shooting crossbow
- stone-shooting crossbow
- bullet-shooting crossbow
- shot-shooting crossbow
- pellet bow
- pellet crossbow
Hypernyms
- crossbow
- bow
Related terms
→
- automatic crossbow
- compound bow
- composite bow
- hunting bow
- hunting crossbow
- longbow
- recurve bow
- short bow
- siege bow
- war bow
- war crossbow
Coordinate terms
- ballista
- gastraphetes / gastrophetes
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