Sentence examples for toxophilite from inspiring English sources

Mounted hunters demonstrated equestrian as well as toxophilite skills.

The prince of Wales, afterward George IV, became the patron of the Toxophilite Society in 1787 and set the prince's lengths of 100 yards (91 metres), 80 yards (73 metres), and 60 yards (55 metres); these distances are still used in the British men's championship York round (six dozen, four dozen, and two dozen arrows shot at each of the three distances).