arbalest
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- arbalester noun
- arbalister noun
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
Example Sentences
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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 Sabatini, Rafael
"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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
"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.
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
And now he closed the door, and, going to the window, which was little more than an arrow-slit, he shouldered his arbalest.
From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael
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