arbalest
Example Sentences
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His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
"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 A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
And with that he began winding up his arbalest hastily.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
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
"By St. Denis, I fancy not those bolts," exclaimed De Lacy, as a quarrel from an arbalest glanced along his helmet near the eye hole.
From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.
