bowshot

[ boh-shot ]

/ ˈboʊˌʃɒt /

the distance a bow sends an arrow.

Origin of bowshot

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at bow², shot¹

Half-way between his own line and that of the Phoenicians, but out of bowshot of either, he halted.

Elissa |H. Rider Haggard
Lille's-hill, the Hill of Lilla, the Saxon, stands but a bowshot off from the church.

Nooks and Corners of Shropshire |H. Thornhill Timmins
Yet we were ordered to march forward, for we should again be on firm ground at the distance of about half a bowshot.

The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) |Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Half a bowshot from the gate the cavalcade met Cæsar's suite.

Lucretia Borgia |Ferdinand Gregorovius

What say you, Assarac—can we creep on a bowshot nearer to make sure?

Sarchedon |G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

bowshot

/ (ˈbəʊˌʃɒt) /

the distance an arrow travels from the bow