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单词 balister
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balisterbalestern.1

Etymology: < Old French balestier < Latin ballistārius , late Latin balestārius arbalester; compare ballistier n.
Obsolete.
An arbalester, a crossbow-man.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > crossbowman
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arbalester1330
balistrier1440
oblester1487
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arbalesta1500
crossbowmanc1500
crossbow?c1510
arcubalister1577
steelbowman1585
crossbower1590
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxiii. 71 Gonners, balesters, and archers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

balistern.2

Etymology: < Old French balestre < Latin ballistra (late Latin balestra arbalest), variant of ballista n.
Obsolete. rare.
An arbalest, a crossbow.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow
arbalesta1100
arbalestrea1387
crossbow1432
pellock bow1537
latch1547
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stock-bow1598
steel bow1607
balister1679
arcubalist1774
oblest1780
1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 92 A Spindle full of raw thred, to make a false string for the King's Balister or Crosbow.
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