A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow fitted to a wooden shaft, furnished with special mechanism for drawing and letting slip the bowstring, and…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow (41) arbalesta1100 A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow fitted to a wooden shaft, furnished with special mechanism for drawing and letting slip the bowstring, and… arbalestrea1387 = arbalest, n. crossbow1432 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… pellock bow1537 a type of crossbow which fires pellets; an arbalest; cf. pellet bow n. at pellet, n.1 compounds 1b. latch1547 Military History. (See quots.) Obsolete. piece1590 A weapon; a firearm. A crossbow. Obsolete. rare. stock-bow1598 a crossbow. steel bow1607 A bow made of steel; a crossbow. balister1679 An arbalest, a crossbow. arcubalist1774 = arbalest, n. oblest1780 A type of crossbow; = arbalest, n. 1. Subcategories:— part where bolt positioned (5) — bending part (2) — catch to detain string (2) — trigger (3) — foot-rest (1) — device for bending crossbow (12) — types of crossbow (5) |
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