Single word for when an Archer is pulling back a bow [closed]

Is there one word for when an archer is drawing back his/her bow ready to fire?

Solution 1:

To draw a bow:

to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow.

(Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary)

Drawing (practice) – The act of pulling the string that is attached to the bow.

(Glossary of archery terms)

Solution 2:

You describe two different points in time. But the verb is draw, which is weird for you to ask as it is in your sentence. I think you want the past participle "drawn." You could say:

• The logician's bow is drawn, and her arrow is aimed at the beating heart of his duplicity.
• some people say, "the arrow is drawn" too