Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arbalist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arbalist
n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine
for hurling large stones [syn: {catapult}, {arbalest}, {bricole},
{onager}, {trebuchet}, {trebucket}]
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