English longbow

The English longbow, also called the Welsh longbow, was a powerful type of bow about 2.0 m (6 ft 6 in) long used by the English and Welsh during the Middle Ages both for hunting and as a weapon of war. Longbows were most devastatingly put to use during the Hundred Years War against the French.

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Bow - M - Ft - In - English - Welsh - Middle Ages - Hunting - Weapon - War - Hundred Years War - French

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