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arbalest

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ar=ba=lest

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun arbalest has 1 sense

arbalest(n = noun.artifact) arbalist, ballista, bricole, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket - an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles; Array

is a kind of engine

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CIDE DICTIONARY

arbalest, n. [OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See Ballista.].

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. Fosbroke. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

arbalest, n. (also arblast) hist. a crossbow with a mechanism for drawing the string.

Etymology

OE arblast f. OF arbaleste f. LL arcubalista f. arcus bow + BALLISTA

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