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 with that he began winding up his arbalest hastily. 

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

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

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)

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