balistraria

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  1. In old fortification: A loophole or aperture in the wall of a fortification, or in a wooden hoarding temporarily put up for defense, through which crossbowmen might discharge their bolts. See loophole, and compare archeria.
  2. A room in which balisters or crossbows were kept.

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  1. Middle Latin, from balistra, a form of ballista, a crossbow: see balister.
 

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