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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: arbalest
arbalest
n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine
for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn:
catapult,
arbalist,
ballista,
bricole,
mangonel,
onager,
trebuchet,
trebucket]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Arbalest
Arbalest
\Ar"ba*lest\, Arbalist
\Ar"ba*list\, n. [OF. arbaleste,
LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a
military engine. See
Ballista.] (Antiq.)
A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood,
furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical
device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts,
bullets, etc. [Written also
arbalet and
arblast.]
--Fosbroke.
[1913 Webster]
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