Editing Bow and arrow (section)

===By cross-section of limb===
* [[Longbow]]: a self bow with limbs rounded in cross-section, about the same height as the archer so as to allow a full draw, usually over {{convert|5|ft|m|abbr=in|order=flip}} long. The traditional [[English longbow]] was made of [[Taxus baccata|yew]] wood,<ref>{{cite web|title=It had to be yew|publisher=Field and Roving Archery Society|first=Gavin|last=Banks|date=January 2010|url=http://www.fieldandrovingarcherysociety.co.uk/infopage.php?page_id=8|access-date=2023-03-14|archive-date=2023-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314194603/http://www.fieldandrovingarcherysociety.co.uk/infopage.php?page_id=8|url-status=dead}}</ref> but other woods are also used.<ref name=Paterson73>Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' pp. 73–75</ref>
* [[Flatbow]]: the limbs are approximately rectangular in cross-section. This was traditional in many [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] societies and was found to be the most efficient shape for bow limbs by American engineers in the 20th century {{citation needed|date=February 2022}}