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Definition of Arbalests
1. arbalest [n] - See also: arbalest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arbalests
Literary usage of Arbalests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancashire Pipe Rolls of 31 Henry I., A. D. 1130, and of the Reigns of by Great Britain Exchequer, W. FARRER (1902)
"... by the lord king's gift, to wit, by the yearly service of two arbalests."
The charter passed at Dorchester, most probably in 1189 or 1190, ..."
2. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"... while ten lie aloft with stones and arbalests. How like you that ?" " You, my
cockerel, you. By Our Lady ! I am no chicken, but I cannot claim to know ..."
3. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"At last, the arbalests were brought out from the camp, and the Saracens drew
off—fled, says the Sire de Joinville. And the king was there, and "I took off ..."
4. Chronicles of the Crusades: Contemporary Narratives of the Crusade of by Richard (1903)
"... or whether the coat of mail was twofold, it availed little to resist the darts
from their arbalests. Nevertheless, the Turks kept mining from within, ..."
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