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From stone +‎ bow.

stonebow (plural stonebows)

(historical) A kind of crossbow used for shooting stones.
Synonyms: bullet-shooting crossbow, (India, historical) goolail
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
  O, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye!
(archaic) A toy catapult.
- 1612 January 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, Iohn Fletcher, A King and No King. […], London: […] [John Beale] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1619, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
  Children will shortly take him for a wall,
  And set their stone-bowes in his forhead

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 ==English==
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-===Etymology===
-{{compound|en|stone|bow}}
 ===Alternative forms===
 * {{l|en|stone-bow}}
+===Etymology===
+From {{compound|en|stone|bow}}.
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{IPA|en|/ˈstəʊnbəʊ/}}
 ===Noun===
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 #* {{RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night|2|5|passage=O, for a '''stone-bow''', to hit him in the eye!}}
 # {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[toy]] [[catapult]].
+#* {{RQ:Beaumont Fletcher King|passage=Children will shortly take him for a wall,<br> And set their '''stone-bowes''' in his forhead}}
+===References===
-{{Webster 1913}}
+*{{R:Webster 1913}}
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