arbalest
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of arbalest
before 1100; < Old French arbaleste < Old Provençal < Late Latin arcuballista ( see arc, ballista); replacing Middle English, late Old English arblast < Old French
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"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 Charles Reade
But no sooner did my head show above, and I draw a deep breath or twain, looking for my enemy, than an arbalest bolt cleft the water with a clipping sound, missing me but narrowly.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
"Which weapon hath the vantage now?" cried the Brabanter, Strutting proudly about with shouldered arbalest, amid the applause of his companions.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
The courtier was bending down, and by the creaking sound that reached him Ercole guessed his occupation to be the winding of the arbalest string.
From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini
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