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).