A recurve crossbow is a bow that has tips curving away from the archer.

The recurve bow's bent limbs have a longer draw length than an equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving more acceleration to the projectile and less hand shock.

Multiple bow systems have a special system of pulling the sinew via several bows ( which can be recurve bows ).

The limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow.

This effectively makes the bow function very similar to a recurve, with the draw length determined by the shooter's preferred anchor point, but it also removes the necessity to adjust the draw length or purchase a new bow as the shooter grows up.

A traditional recurve bow has a very linear draw weight curve-meaning that as the bow is drawn back, the draw force becomes increasingly heavier with each inch of draw ( and most difficult at full draw ).

This manipulation of the peak weight throughout the draw ( accomplished by the elliptical shape of the cams that change leverage and mechanical advantage ) is why compound bows store more energy and shoot faster than an equivalent peak weight recurve bow or longbow.

* When a compound bow is drawn, the limbs are pulled in toward each other, by the buss cables, unlike a longbow or recurve where the limbs flex in the direction of the bow string.

* Unlike most recurve bows, replacing the string or making adjustments to let-off or draw length often requires a bow press or a trip to an archery pro shop that has one.

* The relatively low holding weight of a compound bow compared to a recurve bow makes the compound more sensitive to certain shooting form faults when the archer is at full draw.

The only notable difference is that the spine of the arrow, which is a measure of its stiffness, is not as great for a compound bow as it would be for a recurve bow of the same draw weight ( power ).

This is due to the fact that a compound bow will accelerate an arrow more gently and linearly as the cam unwinds so flexing the arrow less, as compared to the explosive acceleration of an arrow from a recurve bow where the full power of the limbs is applied to the arrow as soon as the string is released.

Both the Huns ' and Magyars ' historically attested skill with the recurve bow and arrow are attributed to Nimród.

However, as the bow is drawn, the recurve ' unwinds ', the limb becomes effectively longer, and the mechanical advantage of the archer increases.

Modern recurve bow

A recurve bow has tips that curve away from the archer when the bow is strung.

By definition, the difference between recurve and other bows is that the string touches a section of the limb when the bow is strung.

The limbs are usually much stiffer than those of a recurve crossbow.

The compound bow, not to be confused with a composite bow, is a modern bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow.

A typhoon moving through the Pacific Ocean towards Asia, for example, will recurve offshore of Japan to the north, and then to the northeast, if the typhoon encounters southwesterly winds ( blowing northeastward ) around a low-pressure system passing over China or Siberia.

Dola Banerjee won the second international gold medal of her career when she bagged the individual recurve title of the fourth leg of the Meteksan World Cup archery at Dover ( England ) in August 2007.

Arrows used with compound bows do not differ significantly from arrows used with recurve bows, being typically either aluminium alloy, carbon fibre, or often a composite of the two materials.

These developed into the powerful composite and / or recurve bows, and crossbows of Ancient China.

Such bows, typically Asian, would often use a stiff end on the limb end, having the effect of a recurve.

The amount of energy stored is determined by the stresses withstood and the shape of the limb, from the unstrung position to strung ( consider as pre-stressed ), then de-formed further to full draw as the recurve unwinds.

A recurve bow stores more energy and delivers energy more efficiently than an equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving a greater amount of energy and hence speed, to the arrow.

A recurve will permit a shorter bow than the simple straight limb bow for a given arrow energy and this form was often preferred by archers in environments where long weapons could be cumbersome, such as in brush and forest terrain, or while on horseback.

An unstrung recurve bow can have a confusing shape and many Native American weapons, when separated from their original owners and cultures, were incorrectly strung backwards and destroyed when attempts were made to shoot them.

Presumably Greek and Phoenician influence would have introduced the recurve form to the rest of the Mediterranean region.

The standard weapon of Roman imperial archers was a composite recurve, and the stiffening laths ( also called siyah in Arabic / Asian bows and szarv ( horns ) in Hungarian bows ) used to form the actual recurved ends have been found on Roman sites throughout the Empire, as far north as Bar Hill on the Antonine Wall in Scotland.

During the Middle Ages composite recurve bows were used in the drier European countries ; the all-wooden straight longbow was the normal form in wetter areas.

[...] While his horse continued galloping, he was bending his bow in order to spread pestilence abroad.

Thus, Bṛhaspati is referred to as possessing a powerful bow with " Ṛta as its string " and as one prepared to " mount the chariot of Ṛta "; Agni is described as one who is " desirous of Ṛta ", one who is " Ṛta-minded " and as he who " spread Heaven and Earth by Ṛta "; the Maruts are referred to as " rejoicing in the house of Ṛta " and as " knowers of Ṛta "; Ushas is described as having been " placed at the root of Ṛta "; Varuna is praised as " having the form of Ṛta " and, along with Mitra as Mitra-Varuna, as " destroying the foes by Ṛta " and as " professing Ṛta by Ṛta ".

However the bow was invented, it soon spread very widely.

It originally meant " to open up " or " to spread " as a arching bow, but as a common noun in modern use it is a measure word for flat objects such as paper and cloth, like the English " sheet of ".

The term ' riser ' is used because, in a one-piece bow, the centre section rises from the limbs in a taper to spread the stress.

In a bow to the principle of States ' Rights, Davis had to spread representation in his cabinet around among the seceding states.

As soon as the horsehair bow was invented, it spread very widely.

Shirts of linen or cotton featured tall standing collars, increasing worn " spread " and later turned down rather than turned up over the chin, and were worn with wide cravats tied in a soft bow ; dark cravats were popular for day wear.

The gameplay spread over 8 levels and four boss encounters which involves platform levels very similar to the first Game Boy title utilising familiar weaponry such as the bow and arrow, shotgun and grenade.

The idol has an old fashioned shaping, i. e., the face cutting is of a longish pattern ; it has large eyes spread up to the ears and the four hands display conch, discus, shaft and bow respectively.

The flatbow is a superior bow design for almost all materials because the stress is more evenly spread out than with rounded limb sections.

Prepared to die, he ascended Mount Oeta, where he built a funeral pile of trees, gave his bow and arrows to Poeas, father of Philoctetes, and laid himself down on the pile, his head resting on his club, and his lion's skin spread over him, and commanded Philoctetes to apply the torch to the pyre.