arbalest

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A man of Damme, not being able to pay Claes for his coal, gave him his most valuable possession, which was an arbalest with twelve quarrels well pointed to serve as missiles.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

"That is a very strong prod of yours," said Johnston, shaking his grizzled head as he glanced at the thick arch and powerful strings of his rival's arbalest.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

And hark ye, by the way, unwind the arbalest before you cross; it is ever well to be on the safe side. 

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

"By St. Denis, I fancy not those bolts," exclaimed De Lacy, as a quarrel from an arbalest glanced along his helmet near the eye hole.

From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.

"To my mind the long-bow is a better weapon than the arbalest, but it may be ill for me to prove it."

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir