A bow (Sindarin: cú, ping; Quenya: quinga, cú [1]) is a long-range weapon usually, but not exclusively, made of wood that shoots arrows. A bowstring is attached to "nocks" (or notches) cut into the bow at either end to support the arrow, and also to transmit the energy which shoots it. The string is pulled back and released ('loosed') to shoot the arrow. Bows in Middle-earth were chiefly used by the Elves, but other peoples had archers such as the people of Gondor and Rohan, the Rangers…