It is still wrong, though. While it is true that English longbows were invariably made of yew , there is no evidence to suggest that drawing a longbow has ever been known as plucking the yew . There was no reason to hold the lower orders, such as bowmen, prisoner. Peasants could not be exchanged for gold, they ate food and used up resources. Captured bowmen were simply killed.
English speakers have no trouble saying such words as please , plenty , plank , or even people .
No such words exist, however. For that matter, English still has the word pluck . It just doesn't make sense.