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arbalest

[ahr-buh-list] / ˈɑr bə lɪst /




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And with that he began winding up his arbalest hastily. 

From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang

Then, like an animal at bay—and even a rat will assert itself then—he swung aloft the heavy arbalest he held, and stood barring Ercole's way.

From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini

Call Hugh of the Mill, and Woodman Wat, and Raoul with his arbalest and bolts.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest.

From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang

"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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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