arbalest

Example Sentences

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Then, like an animal at bay—and even a rat will assert itself then—he swung aloft the heavy arbalest he held, and stood barring Ercole's way.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael

"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 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

"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.

The courtier was bending down, and by the creaking sound that reached him Ercole guessed his occupation to be the winding of the arbalest string.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael