arbalest

Example Sentences

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"On thy back," said he sharply, and seizing the arbalest, and taking a stroke forward, he aided the desired movement.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles

And now he closed the door, and, going to the window, which was little more than an arrow-slit, he shouldered his arbalest.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael

But, even then, I saw a face at an archère, an ill face and fell, the wolf’s eyes of Brother Thomas glancing along the stock of an arbalest.

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

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 Lang, Andrew

"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