arbalest
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His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
A man of Damme, not being able to pay Claes for his coal, gave him his most valuable possession, which was an arbalest with twelve quarrels well pointed to serve as missiles.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
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 Rafael Sabatini
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
And with that he began winding up his arbalest hastily.
From A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang
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