arbalest
noun
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
arbalester
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a word derived from
arbalest.
Example Sentences
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All this time Denys was behind his mantelet with another arbalester, protecting the workmen and making some excellent shots.
From School Reading by Grades Sixth Year by James Baldwin
His surname, sometimes written Arblastier, is one of the many variants of arbalester, a cross-bowman.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Pg 354: arbalaster is probably a variation or arbalester or arbalister: a cross-bowman.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by George Gilfillan
