Draw weight

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe force (weight) required to draw a bow to its fully-cocked position.

"The enormous draw weight of the English longbow required archers to train from a very young age to be capable of using it."

2.NounThe force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).

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