/lawng"boh', long"-/ , n.
1. a large bow drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th to the 16th centuries.
2. draw the longbow , to exaggerate in telling stories; overstate something: He's sure to draw the longbow on the size of his catch of fish.
[ 1490-1500; LONG 1 + BOW 2 ]