Archery, sport involving shooting arrows with a bow, either at an inanimate target or in hunting. From prehistoric times, the bow was a principal weapon of war and of the hunt throughout the world, except in Australia. Recreational archery also was pract
bow See all related content stringed instrument, anymusical instrumentthat producessoundby the vibration of stretchedstrings, which may be made of vegetable fiber, metal, animal gut, silk, or artificial materials such as plastic or nylon. In nearly all stringed instruments the sound of the vibrat...