arbalist
- a variation of arbalest.
Example Sentences
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Earthenware jars containing it were to be flung by hand or arbalist, and darts and arrows were wrapped with tow soaked in the substance.
From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver
Betwixt the third couple of towers were the butts for arquebus, crossbow, and arbalist.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot
Now and again a twig would snap and fly like a bolt from an arbalist.
From Manalive by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Coming to much more recent times, we find the Swiss famous as archers, but they generally used the arbalist or cross-bow, and were no match for their English rivals, who preferred the long-bow.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Let us at least go back, fill up once more, and raise a mantelet against the bolts, for they have an arbalist which shoots both straight and hard.
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
