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 the other hand, they are the sorriest archers that I have ever seen, and cannot so much as aim with the arbalest, to say nought of the long-bow.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
But no arbalest was pointed thence, and the fight flagged.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
Then, like an animal at bay—and even a rat will assert itself then—he swung aloft the heavy arbalest he held, and stood barring Ercole's way.
From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini
"To my mind the long-bow is a better weapon than the arbalest, but it may be ill for me to prove it."
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"That is a very strong prod of yours," said Johnston, shaking his grizzled head as he glanced at the thick arch and powerful strings of his rival's arbalest.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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