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goliard
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posted 04-02-2006 10:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for goliard     Edit/Delete Message
Is there a name for the long slit-shaped windows used to shoot arrows out of, apart from "arrow slots"?

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Tom

Paul
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posted 04-03-2006 03:10 AM           Edit/Delete Message
Hi goliard,Yes there are names for arrow slots or slits.
In the days of bows or crossbows these slits were refered to as arrow "loops" and after the advent of gunpowder (ie.muskets) they would have been called gun loops.
Gun loops are distinguishable from arrow loops by larger holes at the top and bottom of the loop and sometimes to the left and right.

Paul.

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