Longbow

[Sarah]

The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called indistinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war.Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, asdistinguished from a much shorter one. To draw the longbow, to telllarge stories.

[Luis Fok]

Longbow in Archery. A self-bow (see below) that is traditionally made of yew.