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Old Basing Archers - Archers Glossary Category: Sport and Leisure > Archery Date & country: 15/11/2007, UK Words: 128

Sight Window
The recessed area above the grip, which if made deep enough allows the bow to be set up for centre shot.

Six Gold end
A perfect end of six arrows (all six arrows in the gold 9/10 scoring zone)

Spine
The stiffness of an arrow shaft, measured by placing the shaft horizontally between two points 28 inches apart and hanging a two pound weight from the centre. The spine is the deflection (in inches) at this central point.

Stabilisers
Either a single rod with a weight at its end or a combination of long and short rods with weights fitted to the bow handle used to reduce vibrations and the torque induced into the bow by the archer upon release.

Stacking
A rapid increase in draw weight in the last few inches of draw.

String
See Bowstring

Tab
See Finger Tab

Tackle
An archers equipment, (possibly of Welsh origin).

Take down bow
A bow that has removable limbs.

Target Captain
Under GNAS rules, the third person on each target is the Target Captain for that target and is responsible for the orderly conduct of shooting and scoring.

Target Face
A sheet of paper or canvas with a target painted/printed on it.

Tiller
The balance between the upper and lower limbs, measured from the base of the limb to the string. Adjustable on most modern Recurve and Compound bows.

Toxophilite
A student of archery.

Toxophily
The love of archery.

Tuning
The art! of obtaining the most consistent arrow flight from a bow and arrow for any particular archer. This is achieved by matching the arrow spine, FOC, fletchings to the bow, and by adjustment of the bow string (number of strands/type of material), nocking point, bracing height, tiller, Plunger button (spring tension and offset) and type of stabiliser setup used. In fact just about anything that is or is not adjustable can affect the tune of the bow,arrow ,archer setup.

Underbowed
When an archer uses a bow of a draw weight which is too light for him/her.

Upshot
The last arrow shot at a tournament

Vanes
A plastic or synthetic fletching.

Waiting line
A line at least 5 yards behind the shooting line, archers not shooting or moving to and from the shooting line must wait behind the waiting line.

Wand shoot
An archery contest were the target consists of either a piece of foam, wood or other suitable material about 6 foot long placed upright to the ground placed at approx. 100 yards from the shooting line.

Yew
The wood that the English long bow was traditionally made from.

A.M.O.
Archery Manufacturers Organisation

B.L.B.S.
British long bow Society.

F.O.C.
Forward of centre, the distance the centre of gravity is moved forward in relation to the centre of the arrows length, usually expressed as a percentage

M.B.
Master Bowman. The Second highest G.N.A.S. Classification for an archer in the UK.

T.F.C
Torque Flight Compensator, a damper fitted between the bow and stabiliser rod. Some makes of T.F.C are adjustable to aid tuning.

V-Bar
A bar with adjustable ends to which two short stabiliser rods are attached, fixed to the bow between the riser and long rod.

X (scoring)
Used in scoring to indicate an arrow in the inner ten ring of the target, when two or more archers have the same score the number of X's determine the winner.