arbalest
Example Sentences
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"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.
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
His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
Call Hugh of the Mill, and Woodman Wat, and Raoul with his arbalest and bolts.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
A man of Damme, not being able to pay Claes for his coal, gave him his most valuable possession, which was an arbalest with twelve quarrels well pointed to serve as missiles.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
