arbalest
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The arbalest is said by some writers to be of Italian origin.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832 by Various
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
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
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
