2006-10-19 04:55:48 · 16 answers · asked by Eleanor M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
A quiver of archers.
2006-10-19 04:57:12 · answer #1 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. I've been thinking up new collective nouns for things recently, but hadn't considered archers yet.
From what I remember of my days shooting longbow, the real collective noun should be an intoxication of archers, but I guess that has an edge of in-joke to it :o)
I wonder if we could get away with a shower of archers (after all, a bunch of arrows falling together is like deadly rain). Or even a thundercloud of archers?
2006-10-19 12:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a 'Company' of archers so named at the Battle of Agincourt. The word company has been used ever since by the British Army, and others, to describe a group of between 92 and 160 soldiers. These numbers represent the sizes of the companies at Agincourt as they were deployed.
2006-10-19 14:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Band of Archers?
2006-10-19 11:57:42 · answer #4 · answered by Ally 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A company of archers.
2006-10-19 14:59:23 · answer #5 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a quiver of archers so named from the receptacle for keeping their arrows in.
2006-10-19 12:02:55 · answer #6 · answered by frances g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Sherwood Forest!
2006-10-19 12:06:06 · answer #7 · answered by grumpyoldman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ambridge of archers.
2006-10-19 12:08:25 · answer #8 · answered by Iain 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought that I would be clever and say a band of merry men for the Sherwood forest.
2006-10-22 21:32:45 · answer #9 · answered by madchriscross 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An AMBRIDGE of Archers
2006-10-19 17:48:03 · answer #10 · answered by pogimalate 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋