crossbow
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Origin of crossbow
First recorded in 1400–50, crossbow is from the late Middle English word crossbowe. See cross, bow 2
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Tim Hinman narrates The Crossbow Killer podcast on BBC Sounds about a murder and its investigation that was stranger than fiction.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023
Crossbow are already under strict controls, she says, but she says the government will consider the case for tighter legislation.
From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2018
Anderson directed more than 35 films, including "The Wreck of the Mary Deare," "Operation Crossbow," "All the Fine Young Cannibals," and "The Quiller Memorandum."
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2018
Knowing he lacked skills his co-workers had “was kind of a searing experience for me,” says Mr. Bower, president of Crossbow Group, a Westport, Conn., marketing-services firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2016
Crossbow and arquebuse were brought to the level; but the Huguenot captain, "moved with the singular fairness and bigness of them," forbade his men to shoot.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various
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