arbalest

• The Christians camped at a distance of about three arbalest-shots, on a sort of island, where, however, there was no fresh water. —  The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville
• There is no lack in "The Cloister and the Hearth" of stirring incident and bold adventure; encounters with bears and with bandits, sieges, witch trials, gallows hung with thieves, archery with long bow and arbalest--everywhere fighting enough, as in Scott; and, also as in Scott, behind the private drama of true love, intrigue, persecution, the broad picture of society. —  A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
• Something hurtled hotly through my hair--the iron bolt of an arbalest, as I knew by the song of the steel bow in a man's hand at the end of the passage Get into a doorway, man!" —  Red Axe
• It is chiefly to the use of the cross-bow that we propose to confine ourselves upon the present occasion The arbalest, or cross-bow, was not only much shorter than the long-bow, but fastened also upon a stock, and discharged by means of a catch or trigger, which Mr. Strutt reasonably enough thinks gave rise to the lock on the modern musket. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832
• Now, the long-bow, when unstrung, may be conveniently covered, so as to prevent the rain injuring it; nor is there scarcely any addition to the weight from a case; whereas the arbalest is of a most inconvenient form to be sheltered from the weather. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832

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