arbalest
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He then lay down beside him, with one hand on his arbalest, and drew the bear-skin over them, hair inward.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade
The courtier was bending down, and by the creaking sound that reached him Ercole guessed his occupation to be the winding of the arbalest string.
From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini
On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
Once an arbalest bolt struck my staff from my hand as I walked, and I was fain to take shelter of a corner, yet saw not whence the shot came.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
Though now I carry but an arbalest, the gun is my mistress, and my patron is the gunner’s saint, St. Barbara.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
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