† ˈbow-draught Obs.
[f. bow n.1 + draught, from the phrase to draw a bow.]
A bowshot; the distance a bow will carry.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce vi. 58 A place..that weill twa bow-draucht was, Fra thai the vattir passit had. c 1400 Mandeville viii. 96 Fro thens a Bowe draughte, toward the Southe. 1470–85 Malory Arthur i. xv, They come as nyghe kynge Bors as a bowe draughte. 1716 Let. in Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 133 The kirk being about two bow draughts at most out of the road. |