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Arbalest

noun
(Written also arbalet and arblast)
1.
An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.  Synonyms: arbalist, ballista, bricole, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket.






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"Arbalest" Quotes from Famous Books



... mention Old Fishmongers' Hall, which has disappeared since the date of our last volume; the Castles of Pontefract, Wilton, and Dunheved, with traits of their historic lore; the Lady Chapel, in Southwark, and its changing history; Brighton about a hundred years since; the Arbalest, or Cross-bow explained with Cuts; Old Bankside, and the First Theatres; the venerable Melrose on the Tweed; St. Pancras (Old) Church; and the castellated palace of the Alhambra, ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - No. 555, Supplement to Volume 19 • Various

... was as keen and bright as an editor's knife?' And with chastened melancholy I will respond: 'Yes, George, it is true. And moreover I was with him on the day when his mind commenced to give way. The day he offered me a full half of the spoils of my own—what do you call it?—oh, yes, arbalest.'" ...
— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble



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