"sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Fri Apr 18 11:38:32 UTC 2014


On 4/18/14, 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date:    Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:53:37 -0400
> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: "sling arms" (not in OED2) -- [1749], 1824
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> One could easily sling a bow and a quiver, for example.
True that, and I have no knowledge of historical archery commands.

---Amy West

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