arbalest

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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

"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.

"That is a very strong prod of yours," said Johnston, shaking his grizzled head as he glanced at the thick arch and powerful strings of his rival's arbalest.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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