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arbalest

 : 
Noun
 : 
ar=ba=lest

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun arbalest has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

arbalestn. [OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See Ballista.].
     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.  Fosbroke.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

arbalest, n. (also arblast) hist. a crossbow with a mechanism for drawing the string.

Etymology
OE arblast f. OF arbaleste f. LL arcubalista f. arcus bow + BALLISTA
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