Definition of Arbalest

Ar´ba`lest
n.1.(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.


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arbalist, artillery, ballista, bricole, catapult, gun, heavy weapon, mangonel, onager, ordnance, trebuchet, trebucket


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