arbalest
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Call Hugh of the Mill, and Woodman Wat, and Raoul with his arbalest and bolts.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Once an arbalest bolt struck my staff from my hand as I walked, and I was fain to take shelter of a corner, yet saw not whence the shot came.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
"To my mind the long-bow is a better weapon than the arbalest, but it may be ill for me to prove it."
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"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 Clarence F. Underwood
On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
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