draw weight

English

Alternative forms
  • drawweight

Etymology

From draw +‎ weight.

Noun

draw weight (plural draw weights)

  1. (archery) The force (weight) required to draw a bow to its fully-cocked position.
    The enormous draw weight of the English longbow required archers to train from a very young age to be capable of using it.
    • 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 27:
      She figured her bow had only a forty-pound draw weight, but it was enough.
  2. (curling) The force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).
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