Target Range

[paross]

Hi. I can't find the answer to this question this morning, so if someone could help me out I would be grateful.

The ***** , a target range in archery?

[Tilly2]

I thought it was field.

[paross]

I forgot to put the letters I have - sorry

*U**S

[bhg481]

butts?

[Tilly2]

Any help?
https://startarchery.co.uk/learn/field-3d-archery

[bhg481]

I used to pass a pub on the way to work called The Butt Inn - the sign was an archery target with arrows in it. The pub is still there but the sign is now a painting of a beer butt.

[Tilly2]

I found this.
A butt is an archery shooting field, with mounds of earth used for the targets. The name originally referred to the targets themselves, but over time came to mean the platforms that held the targets as well. For instance Othello, V, ii, 267 mentions "Here is my journey's end, here is my butt". In medieval times, it was compulsory for all yeomen in England to learn archery; see for example An Act concerning shooting in Long Bows, passed in the third year of Henry VIII's reign.

[johnT]

BUTT

[paross]

Thanks to all the people who helped with the archery question this morning. X