arbalest
Example Sentences
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Then opening a large chest that stood against the wall, he rummaged a moment, and at last withdrew an arbalest quarrel.
From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini
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 Andrew Lang
On the other hand, they are the sorriest archers that I have ever seen, and cannot so much as aim with the arbalest, to say nought of the long-bow.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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 Rafael Sabatini
Through an arrow-slit he had watched him take down and examine an arbalest, place it on the table and sit down to write.
From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini
