Here you will find the most important translations for your favorite sport.
With kind permission of the publisher for archery ANGELIKA HÖRNIG , external appendix of the book THE BIG BOOK OF ARCHERY.
Compiled by Urte Paulus.
Kindly supported by Katharina Hudson, Tim Swane & Paul Amstutz.
| German | English |
|---|---|
| 3D; Archery discipline on a terrain course. Targets are 3-dimensional, lifelike animal dummies. | 3D (Three D) |
| 3D target | Game, 3D target |
| bounce (of the arrow off the target) | rebound |
| Shooting silencer (on the string) | string silencer |
| Setting down the bow without release | let down, ease down, come down |
| guy (bow) | unstring, unbrace |
| Cool down | cool down |
| maple | maple |
| Accreditation; admission; certification. Registration for an international tournament. | accreditation |
| Activation level | activation level |
| "All for Gold" or "All for Kill" | "Good shooting" |
| aluminum | aluminum |
| analyze | analyze |
| beginner | beginner, novice, tyro (US) |
| tense (mentally) | tense |
| stopping point (for aiming-off) | aiming off spot |
| Anchor, anchor | anchoring, anchor |
| Anchor point | anchor point; facial mark |
| Anchor zone | anchor zone; facial mark |
| Arrangement/coordination (setup) of equipment | set up |
| tense (muscles) | contract |
| Drive (arrow) | propel |
| Driving force | (arrow) propulsion, (mental) motivation |
| Working path of the bow (= draw distance) | powerstroke, duty stroke |
| crossbow | crossbow |
| Assistant to a blind shooter | spotter |
| locked (bow-shoulder) | locked (bow-shoulder) |
| breathing; breathing | breathing; to breath |
| Supervisory body at a tournament | field marshal |
| stringing the bow; stringing | stringing, to string/bracing; to brace |
| Clamping height | brace height |
| Clamping height too low; string too long | understrung |
| Clamping height/distance between the middle piece and the string, measured with the fist and outstretched thumb. | fistmele |
| Up and down movement of the arrow during flight; "riding" | porpoising |
| warm up | warm-up |
| Eye | eye |
| Exhale | exhale, breathe out |
| Endurance | endurance |
| Release lever on the release aid; | trigger |
| release aid | trigger |
| Orientation | alignment |
| equipment | equipment, gear, kit, tackle |
| Outside/front (of the sheet) | back (of the bow) |
| Imposition | cool-down shooting |
| Draw (pull); drawing (out) the bow | drawing, draw the ow |
| Extract from the horizontal (T-pull) | T-draw |
| Extract control | draw check |
| Equipment line; boundary line of the area for storing bows behind the firing line | tackle line; equipment line |
| Extension length | draw length |
| Extension length measuring arrow | draw length arrow |
| Back-tension release aid in the compound, which is triggered by the back tension | back-tension-trigger/back-tension-release |
| Balance point of the arrow when the tip and feathers have been attached | FOC (Front of Centre) |
| Balls (thumb; toes) | ball (thumb ..., toe ...) |
| bamboo | bamboo |
| abdominal breathing | abdominal breathing, belly breathing |
| abdominal muscle, rectus abdominis | Rectus abdominalis |
| abdominal muscles | External abdominal obliques |
| abdominal muscles, internal obliques | External abdominal obliques |
| Abdominal muscles, transverse | Transversus abdominis |
| abdominally | stomachwards, breastwards, towards the belly |
| tree stand | tree stand |
| Pelvis (anatomy) | pelvis (anatomy) |
| feather | fletch |
| fletching | fletching, wing |
| fletching device | fletching jig |
| Straightener, device for detecting and removing bends in the aluminum shaft. | straightener |
| Disability (physical or mental) | handicap, disability |
| leg | leg |
| User manual | instruction manual |
| downhill shooting | shooting downhill |
| uphill shooting | shooting uphill |
| damaged | damaged |
| agility | movability, mobility |
| Movement of the arrow (faulty, during flight) | yaw |
| biceps | Biceps brachii |
| Barebow: defined bow class of the WA, without sight, with string or facewalking | barebow |
| Blue, third scoring color of the WA edition | blue |
| Ground quiver | floor quiver, ground quiver |
| Bodkin point: slender, medieval point that pierces armor | Bodkin Point |
| bow | bow |
| A bow with arrow rests on both the right and left sides; ideal as a school bow. | twin bow |
| Bow, one-piece | one piece bow |
| Bow, drawn | strung bow |
| Bow, without sighting device | barebow |
| bow | backed bow |
| Sheets, glued, made of various materials | composite bow |
| Bow, collapsible | take-down bow |
| Bow arm, bow wrist | bow-arm, bow-wrist |
| Bow clamping device, holds bow in the clamped, defined draw | bow bracer |
| Bow belly, side of the bow facing the archer (old) | belly (of the bow) |
| Bow maker | bowyer |
| Bowmaker's knot | timber hitch |
| Bow end protection cap, bow tip protection | bow-tip protector |
| Bow fatigue, a phenomenon in which a bow increasingly retains the same curve under tension and thus loses strength. (Often found in self-made bows) | string follow |
| arched windows | window, sight window, bow window |
| Arched window edge | shelf |
| Archery golf | archery golf |
| Bow holder/hook (belt) | belt bow holder hook, bow hook, bow hanger, bow rest, bow holster for belt |
| Bow hand | bow hand |
| Bow hand anchor in blind archery | tactile sight contact point |
| Bow manufacturer | bowyer |
| Bow cover | bow bag, bow sock, sack-up |
| Bow hunting for game | bowhunting |
| Bow hunting for fish | bowfishing |
| Bow quiver | bow quiver |
| Bow case | bow case, hard bow case |
| arc scale; chord checker | bow, square, checker |
| Bow nock below the tips, in which the string is hooked | bow nock, groove, string notch, string groove |
| Bow paradox | archer's paradox |
| Bow press (for compound) | bow press |
| Bow rack (for storing bows) | bow rack |
| Bow tube (for longbow) | bow tube, tube case |
| archery | archery, toxophily; shooting with bow and arrow, practicing archery, playing archery |
| Archery from horseback | horseback archery |
| Archery-specific skills | bowmanship |
| Bow or finger loop | sling, bow sling |
| Archer | archer, bowman |
| mounted archer | horse archer, mounted archer |
| bowstring | bow string |
| Archery | archery, toxophily; shooting with bow and arrow, practicing archery, playing archery |
| Bow stand | bow stand |
| Bow bag | soft case |
| Bow tip | tip |
| Bow tip protection | bow tip protector |
| Bow sight | bow sight |
| Bolt = short arrow of the crossbow | bolt, quarrel |
| Fire Arrow | fire arrow |
| rib cage | chest, thorax, rib cage |
| pectoralis major | Pectoralis major |
| pectoral muscle, small | Pectoralis minor |
| Chest protector | chest guard, dress shield |
| Bracket over the spikes on the needle sight. | pin guard |
| Button | plunger button, pressure button |
| Cam (lower) of the compound bow | lower cam, bottom cam |
| Cam (upper) of the compound bow | upper cam, top cam |
| Cam bow, compound bow | cam bow |
| Carbon fiber | fiber (carbon) |
| Clout shooting; distance up to 180m | clout shooting |
| Coach, trainer | coach |
| Compound bow | compound bow |
| Compound bow, with only one cam at the bottom and the string at the top attached directly to the tip | dynabow |
| Compound reel | cam |
| Damper, arrow backstop (made of straw) | boss, butt, (bale) |
| Dampers (mushroom-shaped) on the limbs | limb dampeners, damper |
| Damper (on the stabilization) | dampener, damper |
| Damper (on the stabilization) | dampener, damper |
| Thumb | thumb |
| Thumb anchor in blind archery | thumb anchor |
| Thumb release for compound | thumb release |
| Thumb ring | thumb ring; archer's ring |
| Thumb pull (grip), only the thumb is hooked into the string. | thumb draw |
| Thumb pull (grip), Mongolian | thumb draw |
| Thumb pull (grip), Mongolian | Mongolian draw, Oriental draw |
| Deflex bow, ends pointing towards the archer (longbow) | deflexed bow |
| Dent | dent |
| deltoid muscle | Deltoid |
| disqualification | disqualification |
| distance | range |
| Distance shooting, as far as possible | flight shooting |
| D-Loop, small string loop behind the nocking point on the compound string | D-Loop |
| dominant eye | dominant eye, guiding eye, master eye |
| Doping substance, banned substances, doping | dope |
| doping | doping |
| Double shelf arch (twin arch) | double shelf bow, twin bow |
| turn, twist | turn |
| Torque (negative), firing movement of the center piece counterclockwise | torque (negative) |
| Torque (positive), firing movement of the center piece clockwise | torque (positive) |
| Pivot point; lowest point in the handle | pivot point |
| Triple support for sight shooters in the hall | tri face, trispot, triple (vertical or triangle) face |
| Drift of the arrow in wind | drift |
| press | push |
| Pushing the bow into the target | pushing the bow |
| pressure point | pressure point |
| Pressure point, adjustable | adjustable |
| Perseverance | stamina, endurance |
| diameter | diameter |
| Shot through (e.g. through damper) | pass-through |
| Step-through method (when tensioning) | step-through method |
| Efficiency | efficiency |
| Yew (tree) | yew |
| Inhale | inhale, breathe in |
| Freezing; early stage of target panic (shooter cannot aim the point or release the string); freezing | freezing; freeze |
| Hooking the tendon with the fingers; hooking | hooking; to hook, (finger hooked onto the string) |
| Unit | unit |
| Clamping the nock with the string fingers when gripping the string | holding, pinching (the nock); pinch |
| Inserting the arrow; inserting; loading | loading; load |
| camming, camming | nock; nocking |
| Facilities: Infrastructure at a tournament | facility |
| assessment; evaluation | evaluation |
| Registration (e.g. for a tournament) | subscription |
| Zeroing in | warm-up shooting |
| Shooting range (3D/ field) | course warm-up shooting range |
| protein | protein |
| Elbow | elbow |
| endless tendon | endless (loop) string |
| Energy, kinetic | kinetic energy |
| Energy, static | potential energy |
| remove (arrow) | remove (an arrow) |
| distance | distance, range |
| Rangefinder | range finder |
| relax | relax |
| relaxation; loosening; recovery | relaxation |
| Nutrition | nutrition |
| replacement tendon | spare string |
| substitute | replace |
| expansion; extension, increase in tension | extension |
| Ash (tree) | Ash (tree) |
| eccentric roller in the compound bow | eccentric wheel |
| Fan; IFAA Field mode, 4 pegs in a row at equal distance from the target. | fan |
| Crosshair in sight | cross hairs, cross wires |
| fairness | fairness |
| Incorrect nocking of the arrow | mis-nock |
| Feather | feather |
| quill pen | quill |
| spring punch | feather (die) cutter |
| Error/ Mistake | mistake |
| Missed shot | miss |
| Fine-tuning | micro tuning, fine tuning |
| Field arrow | field arrow |
| Field target support | field target face |
| Field shooting; any type of archery in the field | field archery |
| Field shooting; target shooting in the field, discipline at the IFAA and WA (FITA) | field archery |
| Field tip | field point |
| window edge | shelf |
| Binoculars/field glasses, telescope | binoculars, telescope |
| Distance competition/match | match |
| heel | heel |
| Skills, basic | (basic) skills |
| Fat | fat |
| Spruce (tree) | spruce |
| Fiberglass; glass fiber reinforced | fiberglass |
| final | final |
| Finger release device, release aid that is triggered with the finger | finger release |
| Finger release, shooting with the fingers, without release aid | finger release |
| Finger spacers on the tab | finger spacer, separator |
| finger flexors | Flexor digitorum |
| Finger loop; bow loop | sling, finger sling, bow sling |
| finger extensors | Extensor digitorum |
| Fita Star (now WA Star), award given after achieving a certain score in a certain round. | FITA star (WA star) |
| Fitness band, rubber exercise band | Fitness band, rubber band, elastic band, clini band, resistance band, stretch band |
| Flatbow (modern longbow with flat limbs) | flatbow |
| Flemish splice; a method of string production, especially for traditional bows. | Flemish twist, Flemish splice |
| Flemish pull/grip: only two fingers pull the string, index finger above, middle finger below the arrow | Flemish draw |
| Flu-Flu arrow; very slow arrow with high air resistance and high braking effect due to large feathers | floo-floo arrow |
| flight; arrow flight | flight |
| Trajectory (ballistic curve) | trajectory |
| Flight feather, opposite of guide feather | hen feathers |
| Flight parabola | flight parabola |
| Flying arrow (very light) | flight arrow |
| Form (condition) | form |
| feel; feeling | feel, feeling |
| Guide spring | cock feather, cock fletching |
| Foot; unit of length: 1 foot = 30.48 cm | foot (ft) |
| Feet per second; unit of speed; 1 f/s = 0.30848 m/s = 1.0973 km/h | f/s (feet per second), fps |
| arch of the foot | foot bow |
| Foot position marking for constant stance | foot markers |
| twisted | helical |
| emotional reaction; emotion | emotion |
| Counterclockwise | anticlockwise, counter-clockwise |
| joint | joint |
| buttocks; buttocks | buttocks |
| Gluteus maximus | Gluteus maximus |
| Gluteus maximus | Gluteus minimus |
| Gluteus maximus | Gluteus medius |
| speed | velocity, speed |
| Face | face |
| Face anchor point change. Depending on the distance, the anchor point on the face changes | face walking |
| Weight (draw/arrow) | weight (draw-/ arrow-) |
| Weights (in/on the bow) | weights |
| Weight at the end of the stabilizer | end weight |
| winner; winner | winner |
| win | win |
| Fiber optic | glass fiber |
| Gold; center of the target face, first scoring color of the WA target face | gold |
| Gold fear; e.g. the inability to fully extend | gold fever, gold shyness, target panic |
| balance; equilibrium | balance |
| Grain; weight unit: 100 grains = 6.5 grams | grain |
| Uniformity/ uniformity/ consistency (e.g. in the extract) | consistency (eg of the draw length) |
| grasp, grab (bow) | grasp |
| Handle | grip |
| Handle / middle piece | riser, handle (bow-) |
| Size | size |
| group (e.g. close together) | to group (e.g. group close) |
| Grouping of arrows on the target | Group |
| Grouping (e.g. close grouping) of arrows on a shooter's target | Grouping (e.g. tight grouping) |
| rubber | rubber |
| rubber band, exercise band | rubber band, elastic band |
| Rubber damping e.g. between stabilizer and weight | doinkers |
| mold | cast |
| Hook on the tab on which the little finger can be placed. | pinky hook |
| Indoor archery; indoor archery discipline on targets; usually at a distance of 18 meters | indoor |
| Hold; Maintaining a stable position during full extension or aiming. | holding |
| Hand-eye coordination | hand-eye coordination |
| hand flexors | Flexor carpi |
| palm | palm |
| wrist | wrist |
| wrist, high | high wrist |
| wrist, deep | low wrist |
| hand strap; wrist strap | wrist sling |
| hand shock | handshock, kick |
| Hand extensors | Extensor carpi |
| Slope shooting, shooting along the slope | shooting sidehill |
| lift (bow) | raise |
| lift (the shoulder) | lift (the shoulder) |
| Manufacturer | manufacturer |
| pull out (arrows) | pull |
| Howling Arrow | whistling arrow |
| Auxiliary device | auxiliary equipment |
| Auxiliary accessories | ancillary attachments |
| High-speed movement; minimal lateral deflection (fishtail movement) of the arrow | minnowing |
| highest scoring zone | bull's eye |
| Wood | wood |
| Hip | hip |
| inner ring sight | ring sight |
| Inside (back) of the sheet | face |
| Inner piece; part of the nock/tip that goes into the shaft | insert |
| Instability of the bow (material defect) | instability |
| Instinctive Bow; Archery class of WA | instinctive bow |
| instinctive shooting (incorrectly used as a synonym for intuitive aiming) | instinctive shooting |
| International archery association, e.g. WA or IFAA | International Archery Federation/ Association, eg WA (former FITA) or IFAA |
| International Field Archery Association | IFAA (International Field Archery Association) |
| intuitive aiming | intuitive aiming |
| It's on | as-is state |
| Broadhead, hunting arrowhead | broadhead |
| hunting | hunting |
| Snack station on the course | food stop |
| cheekbone; cheekbone | cheek bone |
| Judo top | judo point |
| Junior, age group | junior |
| Compound bow cable | cables |
| Cable deflector | cable guard |
| Cable routing | cable slider |
| Cadet (age group) | cadet |
| referee | field captain |
| Carbon | carbon |
| Jaw (bone) | jaw |
| pine (tree) | pine |
| Kill (scoring range in 3D) | kill, inner kill, super kill, score by the rules, eg 10 (WA), 3D scoring zone |
| chin | Chinese |
| Class (bow) | division |
| Classification, classification | classification |
| Adhesive, glue | glue |
| Dress code | dress code |
| pinkie finger | little finger, pinkie, pinky |
| clamping cam | pinch nock |
| Clamping pull (primary pull) | pinch draw, primary draw |
| Clicker (stroke length indicator) | clicker |
| Clicker stop plate | clicker plate |
| Clicker attachment | clicker mount |
| Clicker plate attachment | clicker plate mount |
| Blade (e.g. hunting tip or knife) | blade |
| Knee | knee |
| Ankle anchors in blind archery | back of hand sight |
| quiver | quiver |
| Carbohydrates | carbohydrate |
| Compact bow, made entirely of fiberglass | solid bow |
| condition | condition |
| concentration | concentration |
| concentrate (on) | focus (on) |
| Head | head |
| head turning muscle | Sternocleidomastoid |
| Coupling | coupling |
| Body (scoring range for 3D) | wound, score by the rules, eg 5 (WA), 3D scoring zone |
| Posture, body alignment | posture, alignment |
| Power | strength |
| Strength endurance | power endurance, strength endurance |
| masking tape | masking tape |
| cross-dominant / cross-dominance | cross (eye) dominant, cross lateral/cross dominance |
| Cross cam | double nock |
| Crawl; creeping forward of the pulling hand before or during release; crawl | creeping; to creep, to slugg |
| Refreshment station on the course | food stop |
| load | load |
| laminated | laminated |
| Longbow; without recurve; string leaves limbs at the bow nocks. | longbow |
| Length (extension) | length (draw-) |
| Unit of length: 1 yard = 91.44 cm | yard (yd) |
| Las Vegas edition | triangular triple face |
| Life (scoring range in 3D) | outerkill, score by the rules, eg 8 (WA), 3D scoring zone |
| leather | leather |
| Leather (upper) at the tab, which touches the tendon | front leather |
| Leather (back) at the tab on which the fingers rest | back leather |
| Theory of projectiles and their flight behavior | toxicology |
| glue | glue |
| Loss of power of a bow | let down |
| Leading spring | index fletching, cock feather |
| Light cam | lighted nock |
| Left-handed archer; holds the bow in the right hand; draw hand on the left | left hand archer / left-handed archer |
| lip | lip |
| License | license |
| Hole sight in the string of the compound bow | peep sight |
| Solve | clearance/ release |
| loosen (tendon) | release / shot execution |
| Solving (optimal); smooth solving | live release |
| release (the tendon) | loose (the string) |
| Mail tournament; indoor tournament shot from anywhere, results are collected via email | mail match |
| masculine | male |
| Team competition; team shooting | team match |
| Marking for the stand in field shooting | post |
| Mass weight | mass weight |
| Match/ distance competition | match |
| Material matching, tuning | equipment tuning |
| Mat under the disc support | mat |
| Medal / Award | medal |
| Mediterranean grip; three fingers on the string; index finger above, middle and ring fingers below the arrow | Mediterranean draw, split finger (draw), split string grip |
| Multiple target support (20cm) for field shooting | Birdie, Bunny |
| mental / spiritual | mental |
| Metal nocking point fixator | brass nocking point marker |
| Metal plate (horizontal) of the tab | anchor plate |
| method | method |
| Knife | knife |
| middle finger | middle finger |
| Middle cam; narrows at the top | midnock |
| Middle piece (bow) | riser (bow-), handle |
| Centerpiece, made from a cast | cast riser |
| Middle piece, straight | straight riser |
| Centerpiece, forged | forged riser |
| Center winding | center serving, whipping |
| Center winding device | serving tool, server, serving jig |
| mouth | mouth |
| Mouth marker (Kisser) | kisser button, lip marker |
| muscle | muscle |
| weaken/tiring (of the bow) | sinking |
| Follow-through (after releasing the arrow) | follow through |
| neck | neck |
| needle sight; spiked sight | pin sight |
| Nose | nose |
| Navajo pull (grip) = underhand grip of the pulling fingers | Navajo draw |
| Navi pull (handle) | Navi draw |
| cam | nock, still |
| Cam base | nock base |
| Cam gap | nock gap |
| Nocking point fixator | nock locator, nock marker |
| Nocking point | nocking point |
| Nocking point elevation | nocking (point) height |
| Nocking point pliers, pliers | pliers |
| Zero point, tip is exactly on target | point blank, point zero, point of distance |
| Zero shot | zero shot |
| Zero tendon; rubber tendon | elastic string |
| upper arm | upper arm |
| upper body | trunk, upper part of the body |
| upper brachial muscle | Subraspinatus |
| open stand | open stance |
| Ear | ear |
| Ear winding | end (loop) serving, cabinet serving |
| Paper around the scoring area of the target rest where the target nails will be placed. | skirt, petticoat |
| Paper test (test method for arrow spine and button pressure) | paper tuning / paper test |
| Parabolic spring | balloon feather |
| Paradox of Archery | archer's paradox |
| parallel | parallel |
| Course (3D, field) | course, range |
| Course manager | range captain |
| Pass; a certain number of arrows shot before scoring (e.g. 3 arrows for WA Indoor) | end |
| pendulum plate | pendulum plate |
| perfect pass; all arrows in gold or 10 | perfect ending |
| Arrow | arrow |
| Arrow, made of two different woods | footed Arrow |
| Arrow whose shaft is thicker at the tip | bob-tailed arrow |
| Arrow, notched | nocked arrow |
| Arrow hanging in the target | hanging arrow |
| Arrow system (side) | arrow plate |
| Arrow rest | arrow rest |
| Arrow rest clearly behind the grip recess | overdraw |
| Arrow rest that folds away at the moment of release | overdraw |
| Arrow rest that folds away at the moment of release | drop away rest |
| Arrow rest for compound bows (metal ramp) | launcher |
| Arrow rest extension (for short arrows when flight shooting) | arrow guide, siper, sipur |
| Arrow shooting | clocking |
| Arrow box for storing and transporting arrows | arrow case, arrow box |
| Arrow deflection dimension | spine, flex |
| Shooting arrows | to group shoot |
| Arrow trap | backstop |
| Backstop net | backstop net |
| Arrow grouping | arrow pattern |
| Arrow manufacturer | fletcher |
| Arrow marker (made of down or fur, between feather and nock) | arrow tracer |
| Arrow markings / decorations at the rear end of the arrow | crest/ cresting |
| Arrow tube for transport | arrow tube |
| Arrow cleaner made of yarn | yarn tassel |
| arrow shaft | arrow shaft, stele |
| arrowhead | arrow head, point, nib, tip, pile |
| Arrowhead for hunting | broadhead |
| Arrowhead, bullet-shaped | bullet point |
| Arrowhead, blunt, cork-like, usually made of rubber | blunt point |
| Arrowhead smith | arrowsmith |
| Arrow search hook | arrow (seeking) hook |
| Arrow puller | arrow puller |
| Peg in 3D and field shooting | peg, stake, post |
| Pound; unit of weight; 1 pound = 0.453 kg | pound |
| Plastic flags (= plastic feathers) as fletching | vanes |
| placement | ranking |
| Outdoor archery discipline of the WA on a flat area on targets | outdoor |
| Plunger (-button) | plunger button |
| Pistol grip (on the middle piece) | pistol grip (at the riser) |
| Primitive bow, made from a single piece of wood, usually without arrow rest | selfbow |
| Position pin/reference pin (anchor finger) on the tripod sight in blind archery in blind archery | tactile sight/ tactile hand |
| prism; specific aiming aid | post sight |
| prism | prism |
| Pseudo-visor | pseudo sight |
| Powder sachet for sebum | powder pouch |
| qualification, qualify | qualification, qualify |
| Cross-section | cross section |
| Rhombus muscle, larger | Rhomboideus major |
| Rhombus muscle, small | Rhomboideus minor |
| Right-handed archer, holds bow in left hand; drawing hand right | right hand archer; right-handed archer |
| Recurve bow | recurve |
| Reference zone = anchor zone | reference zone |
| Reflex bow, a bow with the ends pointing away from the archer (e.g. recurve, horse bow). | reflexed bow |
| Rule | rule |
| Rules | rule book |
| Riding, up and down movement of the arrow during flight | porpoising |
| Horse archer | horseback archer |
| Release (auxiliary device for compound shooting) | release aid |
| rhythm | rhythm |
| ring finger | ring finger |
| Crack in the bow blank | shake |
| Robinia (tree) | robinia, locust (black or yellow) |
| Blank; roughly worked bow wood | bow stave, billet |
| Raw shaft (shaft without fletching) | bare shaft, un-fleched shaft |
| Red, second scoring color of the WA target face | red |
| Back quiver | back quiver |
| broader back muscle | Latissimus dorsi |
| Back tension | back tension |
| back extensors | Erector spinae |
| backwards | towards the back |
| Rebound of the arrow from the target | bounce back/bounce out/bouncer |
| Recoil of the bow after release | kick |
| Back | back |
| Rewinding (at the end of the production of a center and ear winding) | back serving |
| Round; defined by specific number of passes, face size and distance | round |
| round muscle, large | Teres major |
| round muscle, small | Teres minor |
| Serratus, anterior | Serrator anterior |
| season | season |
| Smoothness (bow extraction and release characteristics) | smoothness |
| Boar hump feather | banana feather |
| Shaft (arrow) | shaft |
| Shaft, tapered on both sides | barreled shaft |
| Shaft, for reinforcement at the front end with a spliced piece of hardwood | footing |
| Shaft code for identification | shaft code |
| Shaft size | shaft size |
| Target with only one peg from which all arrows are shot. | straight |
| Disc support | target face |
| Disc support center, exact | pin hole |
| Disc nails | target face pins |
| Disc panic (gold fever, gold fear) | target panic, target shyness, |
| Disc arrow | target arrow |
| Target judge | target captain |
| Target shooting, competition round with fixed distance in an open field (e.g. WA Outdoor) | target archery |
| Disc stand | stand, target stand |
| Ski archery, a mix of cross-country skiing and archery (comparable to biathlon) | ski archery |
| referee | referee, judge |
| Shooting range | range (indoor, outdoor, practice, course warm up shooting) |
| shoot | shoot |
| Shooting range | shooting hall |
| shooting glove | shooting glove |
| Firing position | address |
| firing line | shooting line |
| Loop method (for stringing the bow) | loop method |
| swing (of the arrow) | wobble |
| collarbone | collarbone |
| Snapshot. Shooting as soon as the tip hits the gold, without properly drawing or increasing the tension. | snapshooting |
| Trial lesson | trial lesson, taster lesson |
| Slope (in the bow window of the longbow), to lean | slant |
| screw | screw |
| screwdriver, screwdriver | screwdriver |
| screwdriver set | wrench set |
| writer | scorer |
| Step by step (procedure) | step by step |
| Lever scapulae (muscle) | Levator scapulae |
| shoulder blade | shoulder blade |
| shoulder girdle | shoulder girdle |
| shot | shot |
| Shot, last in a competition | upshot |
| Shot sequence | shooting sequence, shooting routine |
| firing plane | shooting plane |
| firing line | shooting line |
| Shot simulation | shooting simulation |
| Student/ protégé | pupil, protégé |
| Students (age group) | cub |
| Black, fourth scoring color of the WA edition | black |
| heavy (bow with very high draw weight) | heavy (bow) |
| Web (between thumb and index finger) | webbing |
| Vibration dampers (e.g. for stabilization) | damper |
| Vibration dampers on the stabilizer bars | flight |
| Vibration node of the arrow | node points |
| Vibration node (posterior) of the arrow | rear node |
| Node of vibration (front) of the arrow | front node |
| Scope, sight with magnifying lens | scope |
| Scorecard, points card, rating card | scorecard |
| tendon | string |
| Tendon builder | stringer |
| Tendon bed (longitudinally, in the middle of the outer part of the limb) | string bed |
| Tendon board | string board |
| Tendon movement after release | string reflex |
| Chord checker; arc scale | bow square, bracing gauge |
| Tendon finger; traction finger | string fingers |
| Tendon freedom | string clearance |
| tendon gallows | string jig |
| Tendon yarn (e.g. fast flight) | String material (eg fast flight) |
| tendon tubercles | string loop, nocking loop |
| String position at full draw, in relation to the bow | string alignment |
| tendon shadow | string alignment, string picture, string shadow |
| String loop, behind the nocking point on the compound string for attaching the release aid on the compound | D-Loop, nocking loop |
| String angle at the nocking point in full draw | string angle |
| Side anchor | cheek anchor, side anchor |
| Lateral chin anchor | side chin anchor |
| Side quiver | side quiver, belt quiver |
| Side stabilizers | side rods, side bars, V-bars, side stabilizers, twins |
| self-wound nocking point fixator | tied-in nocking point marker |
| Side scatter | side/ horizontal scattering |
| perpendicular | perpendicular |
| Security | Security, safety |
| Security area | safety zone |
| Winner, winner | winner |
| Arrow hiding in the turf | snake |
| Target state | target state |
| Scout (track); look for arrow | peeking |
| to stretch/stretch (bow) | string |
| clamping notch | stringing nock |
| Tension cord | bow stringer |
| Bowstring holder/cap/bag/hut (into which the bow tip is inserted) | bowstringer cap/ pocket |
| Tension cord holder loop (upper part, non-slip) | bowstringer saddle |
| Tension | tension |
| Increased tension in the shoulder area between the target phase and the follow-up | expansion, extending, extention |
| Voltage breakdown at release | dead release, dead loose |
| Speed cam; with raised cam wing for faster insertion | speed nock |
| spotting scope | spotting scope |
| Spine value (stiffness of the arrow) | spine |
| Sharpener, sharpener (of shafts) | tapper tool |
| sapwood | sap wood |
| Spot (hit zone in 3D) | spot, score by the rules, eg 11 (WA) |
| Rod (6 feet long, 2 inches wide), as a target | wall |
| Stick shooting | wall shooting |
| rod | rod |
| stability | stability |
| stabilizer | stabilizer, long rod, poker |
| Stabilizer extension, spider | extender |
| Sting on the needle sight | pin |
| spiked sight; needle sight | pin sight |
| Stacking disproportionate increase in draw weight at the end of the draw | stacking |
| Stacking start | stackline |
| Stand, closed | closed stance |
| Stand, perpendicular to the shooting line, parallel to the shooting direction; parallel stand | square stance |
| Stand height, clamping height | brace height, string height |
| Stand quiver (floor quiver) | ground quiver |
| Stand template in blind archery | feet locator |
| Tripod anchor in blind archery | tactile sight anchor point |
| Tripod sight in blind archery | tripod (tripod sight) |
| stiff | stiff |
| Arrow rest on the compound | Bronx |
| Forehead | forehead |
| Strand, (single) used for the center winding | monofilament |
| strand (tendon) | beach |
| Stringwalking, fingers walking on the string | string walking |
| Lesson script | lesson preparation |
| synchronization | synchronization |
| System protection | archers using an aiming system |
| Tab, finger protection | tab, finger tab |
| waist | waist |
| tactics | tactic |
| Valley, point with the lowest draw weight to be held near the full draw of the compound bow | valley |
| Technology | technique |
| Technical control | technique check |
| Partial extract | part draw |
| divisible sheet | takedown, carriage bow |
| Partial element (shot sequence) | sub-element |
| Tiller size (upper tiller/lower tiller) | tiller (upper tiller, top tiller/lower tiller, bottom tiller) |
| Tiller adjustment screw | tiller adjustment bolt |
| Tiller locking screw/lock/lock | tiller bolt lock |
| fatal | lethal |
| Toxophilite; archer and crossbowman | toxophilite |
| traditional | traditional |
| Trainer, coach | trainer, coach |
| Trainer trainer | coach trainer/ coach educator |
| training | training |
| Training diary | training diary |
| train; practice | practice |
| Trapezius, hood muscle | Trapezius |
| hit (target) | hit (the target) |
| Hits | hit |
| Hit image | hit pattern |
| Hit area on the paper support | scoring area |
| Hit zones on a 3D target | scoring zone |
| Triceps | Triceps |
| Step (of the bow hand) | knuckles-steps (often the bow-hand) |
| Dry shot | dry firing the bow, dry fire, dry release |
| Tuning (tuning the bow and arrows) | tuning |
| tournament | tournament |
| Tournament Director | shoot director, tournament chairman |
| Twin bow | twin bow, double shelf bow |
| T-pull (extraction from the horizontal) | T-draw |
| overstretched; bow height too high | overbraced |
| Transition between the non-working and working part of the throwing arm. | fadeout |
| Overshoot; Overshoot (of the target) | overshoot; overshooting (the target) |
| Overstretched; tendon too short | overstrung |
| Overdrawing (when moving out) | overdraw, draw through |
| exercise; practice | exercise |
| Practice bow with low draw weight | practice bow |
| clockwise | clockwise |
| Elm (tree) | elm |
| Wandering around with a bow and arrow, shooting at natural targets (e.g., tufts of grass, tree stumps). | roving |
| clasp (grip) | clench |
| forearm | forearm |
| infraspinatus muscle | Infraspinatus |
| Underhand grip (Apache, Navajo) | three under draw |
| lower jaw | lower jaw |
| Lower chin anchor | underjaw anchor, low anchor |
| teach, instruct | teach |
| subscapularis muscle | Subscapularis |
| improve | improve |
| Connecting piece from the bow to the stabilizer | extender |
| Twisting of the throwing arm | limb twist |
| miss (the target) | miss (the target) |
| Code of Conduct/Guidelines | code of conduct |
| cant (bow) | cant (the bow), inclining, tilt |
| Extension of the arrow rest for short arrows | sipur, siper, arrow guide |
| Injury | injury |
| Tearing of the pulling hand when releasing | plucking |
| Insurance | insurance |
| distributed (arrows on the disc) | scattered, spread |
| vertical | vertical |
| bent/twisted limb | twisted limb |
| Veteran (age group) | veteran |
| V-shaped connecting part for the side stabilizers, fastening of the side stabilizers | v-bar |
| Vibration absorbers | torque flight compensator (TFC) |
| Vibration damping | vibration dampening |
| visor | sight |
| Sight bar | sight extension |
| Sight block/mount | sight block |
| Sight head in blind archery | tactile sight head |
| Sight bar | sight bar |
| Sight pin; mark in the center of the sight | sight pin |
| Sight shooting (freestyle shooting) | free style |
| Sight slide | sight bar |
| Sighting stick in blind archery | tactile sight head |
| Sight extension | sight extension |
| Full extension | full draw |
| Preparation | preparation |
| preparatory measure | preliminary |
| Preparatory phase (lower V., upper V.) | set up (lower setup, upper setup) |
| Preparation position of the archer before lifting and drawing the bow | prep-line |
| Front/outside (of the sheet) | back (of the bow) |
| hold | pre-gap (predraw gap) |
| Template, light (stand) | lean out |
| lean forward | lean forward |
| Preload | pre-draw |
| horizontal, shoot straight ahead | level shooting |
| Wax (tendon) | wax |
| cheek | cheek |
| Walk-up: IFAA shooting mode with multiple (2-4) target pegs per target at varying distances. Shooting takes place in order, starting with the longest distance. | walk up |
| Warm-drawing (of a wooden bow) | warm up, doing part draws |
| Warning call, e.g. "STOP!" | Warning cry, eg “STOP!” |
| Waiting line; parallel to the firing line | waiting line |
| waterproof | waterproof |
| spirit level | level, bubble level, spirit level |
| Waving, back and forth movement of the arrow during flight | fishtailing |
| Tearing away the bow hand | throwing |
| female | female |
| soft (shaft/arrow) | weak |
| White, fifth scoring color of the WA target face | white |
| World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA | World Anti Doping Agency, WADA |
| turn, rotate | turn |
| Tool | tool |
| Scorecard | scorecard |
| competition | competition |
| Competition type with targets on a mast | popinjay |
| Competitors | runner |
| Competition director, official | director of shooting |
| barbs | barb |
| repeat | repeat |
| Wild | game |
| weather vane | wind flag |
| Wind margin, horizontal correction due to wind drift | windage, aim off, allow |
| angle | angle |
| spine | spine |
| Upper limb | top limb, upper bow limb |
| Lower limb | lower limb |
| limbs (throwing limbs) | limbs |
| limb end | tip |
| limb tip | limb tip |
| Limb pocket of the riser | limb pocket |
| limb twist | cast |
| Limb adjustment screw/alignment screw | limb alignment screw |
| Throwing performance (distance and speed) | cast |
| Tooth | tooth |
| Teeth | teeth |
| Tongs | pliers |
| Cedar; wood used for arrow shafts | cedar |
| toe | toe |
| index finger | index fingers |
| Center-range shooting, keep the sight from the center | aiming off |
| pull | draw, pull |
| Target, target (damper), 3D animal | target |
| Target of clout shooting | clout |
| aiming eye | aiming eye, sighting eye |
| Aim, aim | aiming, aim |
| Aiming without aiming aids based on feeling; requires a lot of experience and confidence | intuitive aiming |
| Aiming over the top | gapshooting |
| Target phase | aiming (phase) |
| Aiming point; method in which the archer aims at a target point via the arrowhead | point-of-aim, spot, mark |
| centrally cut bow | center-shot bow |
| inch; unit of length; 1 inch = 2.54 cm | inch |
| Zone | Zone |
| Accessory bag | accessory bag, tackle bag, belt kit |
| Pulling arm, pulling wrist | drawing arm (shaft arm, string arm), drawing-wrist |
| Tension-compression-rotation phase | pull-push-rotation phase |
| Pull finger | drawing fingers (shaft fingers, string fingers) |
| Draw weight of a bow | poundage |
| Draw weight, too low | underbowed |
| Draw weight, too high | overbowed |
| Draw weight, maximum (for a compound bow) | peak (draw) weight |
| Draw weight reduction in full draw of the compound bow | let off |
| Tensile weight scale | bow scale |
| Tension-force curve, schematic representation, x-axis: extension length, y-axis: draw weight | draw-force curve |
| Tension-force line (pressure point - tension finger - tension elbow) | DFL (draw-force line) |
| Draw length (extension length) | draw length |
| Pulling position where the fingers touch the string during stringwalking | draw point |
| Draw strength (draw weight) of the bow at full draw | draw weight |
| sit back | lean backward |
| flinch (with the body and arms before the release in case of indecision) | flinch/ flinsching, jerk/ jerking |
| collapse (during firing/when releasing) | collapse |
| Viewers | spectators |
| Two-arrow round | double hunter round |
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