arbalest

Example Sentences

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"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

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

Something hurtled hotly through my hair—the iron bolt of an arbalest, as I knew by the song of the steel bow in a man's hand at the end of the passage.

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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 Reade, Charles

Then opening a large chest that stood against the wall, he rummaged a moment, and at last withdrew an arbalest quarrel.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael