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Fistmele, also known as the `brace height`, is an older term used in archery to describe the correct distance (about seven inches, for a Northern European or English longbow) between a bow and its string. The term itself is a Saxon word indicating the measure of a clenched hand with the thumb extended. Different brace heights may be obtained fro.....
The perfect distance from the handle of the bow to the bowstring when the bow is stretched.
The distance from the grip to the bow string measured by placing a fist on the grip with the thumb extended towards the bow string. The normal method of checking the bracing height for Long bows.
The Old English term for Brace Height.
Archaic term referring to the Bracing height of the bow (which was often measured by using a fist with the thumb extended)
A good distance or the balancing height between the bowstring and bow handle.