crossbown.

Brit.

/ˈkrɒsbəʊ/,

/ˈkrɔːsbəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈkrɔsˌboʊ/,

/ˈkrɑsˌboʊ/

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1a(c)(ii).

1. A medieval weapon consisting of a bow fixed across a wooden stock, having a groove or barrel for the missile and a mechanism for holding and releasing the string, used for shooting bolts, stones, arrows, etc.; an arbalest n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow

arbalesta1100

arbalestrea1387

crossbow1432

pellock bow1537

latch1547

piece1590

stock-bow1598

steel bow1607

balister1679

arcubalist1774

oblest1780

1432–50 tr. Higden I. 297 Crosse bawes or staffe slynges.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xc Then the arrowes flewe out of the long bowes..the quarrelles out of the crosse bowes.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 147 Stones..violently whirled out of a Crossebow.

1678 tr. L. de Gaya Treat. Arms of War 40 The Ancients had two kinds of Cross-bows, the one which shoot Darts or Quarrels, and the other which threw Stones: these were called Balistae, and the other Catapultae.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 10 With my cross bow I shot the Albatross.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 343 The cross bow is said to have been used in the battle of Hastings.

2. transferred (plural). Men armed with crossbows; crossbowmen, as a force.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > crossbowman

arbalestrierc1300

arbalester1330

balistrier1440

oblester1487

balister1489

arbalesta1500

crossbowmanc1500

crossbow?c1510

arcubalister1577

steelbowman1585

crossbower1590

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Dvi .x. M. knyghtes on horsbacke .vi. M. Crosse bowes.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxix. 473 Theyr botys well garnysshyd with men, archars and crosbowes.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 20 50. men of warre..together with 20. crosbowes.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as crossbow case, crossbow-maker, crossbow match, crossbow rack, crossbow shot.

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 211/1 Crosbowe case, carquas. Crosbowe maker, arcbalestrier.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. dj The force of the Crossebow Racke, is..here, demonstrated.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 Having one arme little better than lost by a Crosbow-shot.

1676 London Gaz. No. 1121/6 Samuel Smith Crosbow-Maker near Temple-bar, London.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 189 A great cross-bow match at Heidelberg.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crossbow
释义	crossbown. Brit. /ˈkrɒsbəʊ/, /ˈkrɔːsbəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkrɔsˌboʊ/, /ˈkrɑsˌboʊ/ Etymology: cross- comb. form 1a(c)(ii). 1. A medieval weapon consisting of a bow fixed across a wooden stock, having a groove or barrel for the missile and a mechanism for holding and releasing the string, used for shooting bolts, stones, arrows, etc.; an arbalest n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow arbalesta1100 arbalestrea1387 crossbow1432 pellock bow1537 latch1547 piece1590 stock-bow1598 steel bow1607 balister1679 arcubalist1774 oblest1780 1432–50 tr. Higden I. 297 Crosse bawes or staffe slynges. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xc Then the arrowes flewe out of the long bowes..the quarrelles out of the crosse bowes. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 147 Stones..violently whirled out of a Crossebow. 1678 tr. L. de Gaya Treat. Arms of War 40 The Ancients had two kinds of Cross-bows, the one which shoot Darts or Quarrels, and the other which threw Stones: these were called Balistae, and the other Catapultae. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 10 With my cross bow I shot the Albatross. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 343 The cross bow is said to have been used in the battle of Hastings. 2. transferred (plural). Men armed with crossbows; crossbowmen, as a force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > crossbowman arbalestrierc1300 arbalester1330 balistrier1440 oblester1487 balister1489 arbalesta1500 crossbowmanc1500 crossbow?c1510 arcubalister1577 steelbowman1585 crossbower1590 ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Dvi .x. M. knyghtes on horsbacke .vi. M. Crosse bowes. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxix. 473 Theyr botys well garnysshyd with men, archars and crosbowes. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 20 50. men of warre..together with 20. crosbowes. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as crossbow case, crossbow-maker, crossbow match, crossbow rack, crossbow shot. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 211/1 Crosbowe case, carquas. Crosbowe maker, arcbalestrier. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. dj The force of the Crossebow Racke, is..here, demonstrated. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 Having one arme little better than lost by a Crosbow-shot. 1676 London Gaz. No. 1121/6 Samuel Smith Crosbow-Maker near Temple-bar, London. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 189 A great cross-bow match at Heidelberg. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1432
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