arbalest

Example Sentences

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He rode with one hand holding the arbalest across the saddle in front of him, the other on the reins, guiding his mount.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert

And with that he began winding up his arbalest hastily. 

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

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 Sabatini, Rafael

On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest.

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