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What is a longbow?

What is a longbow? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.
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In the fourteenth century Edward III incorporated mounted archers using the native longbow into his army.
The response he received was an angry retort from a man in the crowd holding a longbow, with an arrow strung and ready to fire.
She dressed in green and carried a longbow and a quiver of arrows on her back.
This single battle is taken as proof of how just effective the longbow was as a weapon.
A tall woman stomped into the clearing, holding a longbow and a quiver of arrows.
The recurve requires less than half the effort of the longbow to draw back the string.

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