arbalest
Example Sentences
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And with that he began winding up his arbalest hastily.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
But no sooner did my head show above, and I draw a deep breath or twain, looking for my enemy, than an arbalest bolt cleft the water with a clipping sound, missing me but narrowly.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
Its elasticity of aim was far superior, and, most important of all, its rate of fire was something like three to one of the arbalest.
From Poitiers by Hilaire Belloc
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
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
