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bales
(encz) | bales,balíky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
bales
(encz) | bales,žoky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
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arbalest
(encz) | arbalest,samostříl n: Zdeněk Brož |
Arbalest
(gcide) | Arbalest \Ar"ba*lest\, Arbalist \Ar"ba*list\, n. [OF. arbaleste,
LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a
military engine. See Ballista.] (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. [Written also arbalet and arblast.]
--Fosbroke.
[1913 Webster] Arbalester |
Arbalester
(gcide) | Arbalester \Ar"ba*lest`er\, Arbalister \Ar"ba*list`er\, n. [OF.
arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest.]
A crossbowman. [Obs.] --Speed.
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arbalest
(wn) | arbalest
n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
trebucket] |
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