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> Unless the target is very close, the archer needs to compensate for gravity and shoot the arrow in an arc – hence the word archery. I always assumed the name
by denton-scratch 3y ago
> Unless the target is very close, the archer needs to compensate for gravity and shoot the arrow in an arc – hence the word archery.
I always assumed the name came from the weapon invariably having the shape of an arc.