arbalest

Example Sentences

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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

Its elasticity of aim was far superior, and, most important of all, its rate of fire was something like three to one of the arbalest.

From Poitiers by Belloc, Hilaire

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

On the other hand, they are the sorriest archers that I have ever seen, and cannot so much as aim with the arbalest, to say nought of the long-bow.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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