arbalest
Example Sentences
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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 Sabatini, Rafael
He rode with one hand holding the arbalest across the saddle in front of him, the other on the reins, guiding his mount.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
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
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 Lang, Andrew
His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
