10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FISTMELE»
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He will there find " every Englishman, and Irishman dwelling with Englishmen,
and speaking English, being between sixteen and sixty years of age, is
commanded to provide himself with an English bow of his own length, and one
fistmele at ...
George Agar Hansard, 1841
He will there find “ every Englishman, and Irishman dwelling with Englishmen,
and speaking English, being between sixteen and sixty years of age, is
commanded to provide himself with an English bow of his own length, and one
fistmele at ...
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Bowhunter's Encyclopedia: Practical, Easy-to-Find Answers to ...
Some longbow shooters still use fistmele as a means of gauging proper string
height, but more commonly archers today refer to the distance from the string to
the low point of the grip as brace height, and they measure this with a specially ...
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Bowhunting the Whitetail Deer
After the bow has been braced and before starting to shoot, the archer should
check the fistmele, which is the distance between the bow handle and the string.
In olden times the archer used his fist with the thumb extended to check this
height, ...
(Fistmele is distinguished from tiller by the fact that tiller refers to the taper of the
arms of the bow as resulting from the design. Fistmele, on the other hand, can
alter the shape of the bow, depending on the degree of fistmele. In other words ...
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The Giant book of hobby projects
"Fistmele" is the distance from the string to the handle. This measurement varies
from 6V2" to 7Va" on most laminated bows. (Fistmele is distinguished from tiller
by the fact that tiller refers to the taper of the arms of the bow as resulting from the
...
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The British Archer, Or, Tracts on Archery
... to the statute of 5th Edward IV, Cap. iv, we find that " Every Englishman, and
Irishman, that dwell with Englishmen and speak English, that be betwixt sixteen
and sixty in age, shall have an English bow of his own length, and one fistmele,*
...
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The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Bullets: Catapults, ...
Edward IV ordained in 1465 that everyone between 16 and 60 years of age
should have a bow measuring between the nocks his own height plus a fistmele.
My fistmele, which is the width of the palm plus outstretched thumb, measures a
tenth ...
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With a Bended Bow: Archery in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Referring to Ireland, it specified that every Englishman,or Irishmanliving with
Englishmen, provide himself with an English bow ofhisown height plus a fistmele
andwith twelveshafts of the length of threequarters of 'the Standard'. (The word ...
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The English Bowman: Or, Tracts on Archery; to which is Added ...
that every Englishman, " and Irishman that dwell with Englishman, and speak "
English, that be betwixt" sixteen and sixty in age, tc shall have an English bow of
his own length, and " one fistmele at the least betwixt the necks [sometimes in old
...
Thomas Roberts, Sir William Wood, 1801
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FISTMELE»
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FISTMELE. Is Agincourt quite forgotten? Fistmele is, in archery, the distance between the bow handle and string when the bow is drawn. «The Independent, Jun 12»
