A longbow has practical advantages compared with a modern recurve or compound bow; it is usually lighter, quicker to prepare for shooting, and shoots more quietly.

Longbows are the icon of traditional archery. Longbows can be easier to shoot because of their longer length and thicker limbs don’t bend on a bad release.

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Longbow, bow commonly 6 feet (1.8 metres) tall and the predominant missile weapon of the English in the Hundred Years’ War and on into the 16th century. It was probably of Welsh origin.

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