recurve

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The archery ranking rounds with the compound and recurve bows are being held this morning Tokyo time as well, setting up how the competition will unfold on later days.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2021

Competitors use either recurve or compound bows, depending on the event.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021

Ana Paula Vázquez, Mexico: Young archer who began her career using the compound bow, but who has since switched to the recurve bow.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021

Sales of kid-size recurve bows have more than quadrupled this year, said Jim Belcher, owner of the manufacturer Sky Archery, based in Brighton, Mich., which specializes in this most traditional of bows.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

For example, a loop with an appendage abutting upon its recurve between the shoulders and at right angles, as in illustration 56, will appear sometimes as in illustration 57 with the recurve totally destroyed.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)