arbalest
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- arbalester noun
- arbalister noun
Etymology
Origin of arbalest
before 1100; < Old French arbaleste < Old Provençal < Late Latin arcuballista ( see arc, ballista); replacing Middle English, late Old English arblast < Old French
Example Sentences
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"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.
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
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
"To my mind the long-bow is a better weapon than the arbalest, but it may be ill for me to prove it."
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
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