arbalest
Example Sentences
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He then lay down beside him, with one hand on his arbalest, and drew the bear-skin over them, hair inward.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles
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 Lang, Andrew
Call Hugh of the Mill, and Woodman Wat, and Raoul with his arbalest and bolts.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
But no arbalest was pointed thence, and the fight flagged.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
