archery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the sport of shooting arrows with a bow

WordNet

Arch"er*y noun
Etymology
OE. archerie.
Definitions
  1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.
  2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively.
    Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607).

Webster 1913