dartchery
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English
Etymology
Noun
dartchery (uncountable)
- A sport that is a combination of darts and archery. It was played at the Paralympics.
- 1971, Jack Pollard, Ampol's Sporting Records, page 269:
- Among the most courageous—and successful—darts players are Australian, paralysed in the lower limbs and part of the trunk, who try their hands at dart-archery (often called dartchery).
- 1972 May, Rehabilitation Record, volumes 13-14, page 27:
- Dartchery is also part of the archery game. Competitors, meeting in pairs, shoot at a dart archery target at 15 yards.
- 1973, Sigma Signs, Delta Sigma Omicron Alpha Chapter, page 19:
- Two gold medals were awarded to Mary for her competition in intermediate archery and mixed dartchery.