Firing vs Bowshot - What's the difference?
firing | bowshot |
The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
The fuel for a fire.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
The dismissal of someone from a job.
(archery)The act of firing an arrow from a bow
:2. The length that an arrow, of an average archer, can effectively travel. : {{quote-book , year=1994 , author=Henry Gilbert , title=Robin Hood , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=48 , passage=They are within a bowshot of the kirk door. , indent2=:*}}
As nouns the difference between firing and bowshot
is that firing is the process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery while bowshot is (archery)the act of firing an arrow from a bow.As a verb firing
is .firing
English
Noun
(en noun)- No more dams I'll make for fish; / Nor fetch in firing / At requiring [...]
Verb
(head)bowshot
English
Noun
(en noun):2. The length that an arrow, of an average archer, can effectively travel. : {{quote-book , year=1994 , author=Henry Gilbert , title=Robin Hood , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=48 , passage=They are within a bowshot of the kirk door. , indent2=:*}}