Verb for using a bow and arrow?

[nq:1]Archering? Is there a single-word verb meaning to use a bow and arrow? Anyone?[/nq]
A very telling question.

[nq:2]Archering? Is there a single-word verb meaning to use a bow and arrow? Anyone?[/nq]
[nq:1]A very telling question.[/nq]
(Insert here appropriate pun on Robin Hood)
"Archering" isn't the infinitive form of a verb, and it isn't an English word anyway. If you need a noun or attributive, you can of course use "archery." I am unaware of any verb meaning specifically to use bow and arr

[nq:1]Archering? Is there a single-word verb meaning to use a bow and arrow? Anyone?[/nq]
Bowman.

[nq:2]Archering? Is there a single-word verb meaning to use a bow and arrow? Anyone?[/nq]
[nq:1]Bowman.[/nq]
I had no idea "bowman" was a verb. I suppose you can verb it like any other noun, but then why not make "archer" the verb? Also, wouldn't "bowperson" be the proper PC term?

Bob Lieblich
Poster but not postperson

[nq:2]A very telling question.[/nq]
[nq:1](Insert here appropriate pun on Robin Hood)[/nq]
I sure would if I could.

[nq:1]Archering? Is there a single-word verb meaning to use a bow and arrow? Anyone?[/nq]
"Shooting" is commonly used. Some form of teise/taise, which I believe strictly should be used for notching an arrow and flexing the bow rather than actually shooting, might do.

[nq:1]Archering? Is there a single-word verb meaning to use a bow and arrow? Anyone?[/nq]
Not in English, unless you count "to shoot". It appears that "archer" and "archery" were words we grabbed directly from Norman French, and that we didn't grab the verb (or if we did, we didn't hang on).

If anyone here knows enough old French, we might be able to figure out what the verb SHOULD be

[nq:1]Archering? Is there a single-word verb meaning to use a bow and arrow? Anyone?[/nq]
I shot an arrow into the air, and (if it fell?), I knew not where.

That's all I know about the subject.
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[nq:1]Archering?[/nq]
Arching.
NSOED has "arch" as a verb meaning "engage in archery", dating from the mid 17th century.
Cheers,
Daniel.

[nq:2]Archering?[/nq]
[nq:1]Arching.[/nq]
If you were in a competition with someone, would he then be your arch rival?

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