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arbalest

[ahr-buh-list] / ˈɑr bə lɪst /




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On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest.

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

Though now I carry but an arbalest, the gun is my mistress, and my patron is the gunner’s saint, St. Barbara. 

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.

"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




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