Butt shaft: alternatives and connections

The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.

Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.

Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

of Barb

A very minute barb or beard.

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.

A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or t…

Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.

A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, ins…

One who, or that which, butts.

A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.

A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.

A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.

To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.

Shooting, as light.