Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Archery \Arch"er*y\, n. [OE. archerie.]
   1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.;
      the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and
      arrows.

   2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively.

            Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both
            sides of the van.                     --Webster
                                                  (1607).

Source : WordNet®

archery
     n : the sport of shooting arrows with a bow