missile weapon

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When Ihjel had given him the missile weapon he had asked no questions, just strapped it on.

From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

There were a good many horses, and every species of artillery and missile weapon.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

Their foot-ranks carry a missile weapon unknown to us, termed an arblast, or cross-bow.

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir

This arrangement admitted of increased flexibility of movement in broken country, and of the adoption of the pilum, or javelin, as a missile weapon.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly