Archeries

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The practice or art of using a bow and arrows to shoot
2. A sport that involves aiming and shooting arrows at a target from a specified distance
3. A discipline related to marksmanship with a bow, often practiced in competitive settings

Etymology: The plural "archeries" is simply the plural of "archery," the noun for the sport of shooting arrows at targets. Its story begins with the Latin "arcus," meaning "bow," which gave rise to the Latin "arcuarius," a bowman, passing through Vulgar Latin and Old French as "archier," meaning archer. "Archery" itself was formed by adding the suffix "-erie" to "archer," producing a word for the craft or activity of archers. It came into English from Old French "archerie" and appears in Middle English as "archerie," so the sense of a skill or practice was present from the start, well before it became a named sport.

Synonyms: archery