Thumb ring
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1: A thumb ring is a piece of jewellery designed to protect the thumb during Archery. This is a ring of horn, wood, ivory, metal, plastic, glass or stone which fits over the end of the thumb, coming to rest at the outer edge of the outer joint. A flat area extends from the ring to protect the pad of the thumb from the bowstring.
When drawing a bow using an Asiatic grip, the thumb is hooked around the bowstring just beneath the arrow and braced with the first finger. The bowstring rests against the inner pad of the archer's thumb. To protect the thumb, archers wear a thumb ring. The bowstring rests against the flat of the ring when the bow is drawn. This technique is often referred to as the "Mongolian Release" or the "Mongolian Draw". Today, thumb rings are used by archers practicing styles from Asia and some regions of northern Africa.
