arbalest
Example Sentences
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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
But no arbalest was pointed thence, and the fight flagged.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
And hark ye, by the way, unwind the arbalest before you cross; it is ever well to be on the safe side.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
Though now I carry but an arbalest, the gun is my mistress, and my patron is the gunner’s saint, St. Barbara.
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
