The word “target” really means a shield. Shields which were originally made of- bull-hide, often ornamented with n metal boss in the centre, would lie used for spear throwing and archcry contests, 'rhe boss at a distance would resemble .in eye. and so it became nicknamed the bullseye.”
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 168, 12 April 1932, Page 10
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