arbalest
Example Sentences
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Call Hugh of the Mill, and Woodman Wat, and Raoul with his arbalest and bolts.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
But no sooner did my head show above, and I draw a deep breath or twain, looking for my enemy, than an arbalest bolt cleft the water with a clipping sound, missing me but narrowly.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
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
Holding the arbalest with one hand, Daoud vaulted into the saddle.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
