arbalest
Example Sentences
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Daoud chose the bigger one, a Genoese arbalest drawn by crank, a present from King Manfred.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
"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
Through an arrow-slit he had watched him take down and examine an arbalest, place it on the table and sit down to write.
From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini
"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
Once an arbalest bolt struck my staff from my hand as I walked, and I was fain to take shelter of a corner, yet saw not whence the shot came.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
