arbalest
Example Sentences
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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
Its elasticity of aim was far superior, and, most important of all, its rate of fire was something like three to one of the arbalest.
From Poitiers by Hilaire Belloc
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
The arbalest is said by some writers to be of Italian origin.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832 by Various
He then lay down beside him, with one hand on his arbalest, and drew the bear-skin over them, hair inward.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade
