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
His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow.
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
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
"Which weapon hath the vantage now?" cried the Brabanter, Strutting proudly about with shouldered arbalest, amid the applause of his companions.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
