arbalest
Example Sentences
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Daoud chose the bigger one, a Genoese arbalest drawn by crank, a present from King Manfred.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
Holding the arbalest with one hand, Daoud vaulted into the saddle.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
"Which weapon hath the vantage now?" cried the Brabanter, Strutting proudly about with shouldered arbalest, amid the applause of his companions.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
