ARBLAST

arblast

Noun

  1. A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones etc.
    • 1819: “Here be two arblasts, comrades, with windlaces and quarrells — to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe


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