A strong self-bow of yew or ash, a span taller than a standing man, drawn to the ear with a hundred-fifty pound pull. This is the warbow of the border muster—a heavy-hitting weapon in the hands of experienced garrison and castle archers, capable of penetrating armor at close range and carrying far across open ground.
Longbow 150
Hundred-fifty pound border-garrison warbow; armor-penetrating distance-carrier.