arbalest

Example Sentences

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And now he closed the door, and, going to the window, which was little more than an arrow-slit, he shouldered his arbalest.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael

But no sooner did my head show above, and I draw a deep breath or twain, looking for my enemy, than an arbalest bolt cleft the water with a clipping sound, missing me but narrowly. 

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

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 Sabatini, Rafael

"By St. Denis, I fancy not those bolts," exclaimed De Lacy, as a quarrel from an arbalest glanced along his helmet near the eye hole.

From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.

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