longbow

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: long=bow

CIDE DICTIONARY

longbow, n. 

 The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.  [1913 Webster]

To draw the longbow, to tell large stories.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

longbow, n. a bow drawn by hand and shooting a long feathered arrow.