The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 29
ing. 10. No person, unless competingfor prizes, shall be allowed withinthe bounds of the Archers groundsduring the progress of the shooting. Cross-Bow.—The ancient cross-bow is described below, under His-tory. The modern toy is a bowfixed on a gun-stock, and fired bya trigger like that in the… … Cross-bow. The arrows shot by a cross-boware properly called bolts, and areshorter than those shot from a long-bow. Pieces of wood three or fourinches long, loaded at the head bydriving in a nail, make good bolts. A small cross-bow, often called awatch-spring gun, can be made byusing a piece of…
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