recurve bow

English

a recurve bow

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.

Translations

type of bow

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反曲弓

• Dutch: recurveboog
• Finnish: vastakaarijousi
• French: arc classique m
• Japanese: リカーブボウ
• Korean: 반곡궁(反曲弓) (ban'gokgung)
• Portuguese: arco recurvo m
• Russian: олимпийский лук (olimpijskij luk)
• Swedish: rekurvbåge

See also

• compound bow
• selfbow