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How to pronounce recurve in English?

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Type Words
Type of crook, curve

Examples of recurve

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The Perso-Parthian bow is a symmetric recurve under high tension when strung.
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His bow was a recurve he'd purchased several years earlier at a Hays hardware store.
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Greenwood shot quail, doves and ducks with his recurve bow as a youngster.
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A recurve crossbow is a bow that has tips curving away from the archer.
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A 15-yard shot from a Black Widow recurve put the buck down for good.
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Typhoon Hattie began to recurve while west of the island of Okinawa.
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The limbs are usually much stiffer than those of a recurve crossbow.
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The United States did not enter any male junior recurve archers.
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Ellison didn't start shooting the recurve bow until 2005 and is seen as a future medal contender.
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More examples
  • Curve or bend (something) back or down
  • The side view when unstrung, the frontal view, and the cross-section of the working limbs are important elements of the bow shape.
  • The end of the bow limbs that curve away from the archer when the bow is held in the shooting position.
  • An "S" shape curve in a blade which enhances the power of the draw cut.