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Definition of crossbow in English: crossbownounˈkrɒsbəʊˈkrɔsˌboʊ A medieval bow of a kind that is fixed across a wooden support and has a groove for the bolt and a mechanism for drawing and releasing the string. Example sentencesExamples - Here's another page about crossbows in the medieval period.
- A crossbow, rifles, swords and bayonets were some of the items collected at police stations across the region.
- He grunted in pain as a bolt from a crossbow tore a gash in his leg, then he plunged into the water and sank.
- Other lethal weapons such as swords, bayonets, crossbows and knives have also been surrendered.
- He was hit with a bolt from the crossbow and then struck a number of times across the back of the head.
- Alex carefully took a bolt out of her crossbow and held it deftly into her mouth.
- The weapons unearthed include crossbows, hooks, lances, arrowheads, spears and swords.
- Then one of then pulled out a crossbow and shot arrows above my head.
- A goose miraculously survived when two bolts fired from a crossbow went through its neck.
- The movie features many different races using many different types of longbows and crossbows in warfare.
- The crossbows on the other hand were horizontal and would be drawn back and latched.
- Bows fell into three main types: the composite bow, the crossbow, and the longbow.
- Still, the bolts on the crossbows were pointed at him and he had no wish to die.
- It houses thousands of weapons, including guns and ammunition, knives, knuckledusters, coshes, crossbows and swords.
- They branched into other sporting goods, including pellet guns, crossbows and daggers.
- She took them to several different stands, all selling guns, crossbows, and other kinds of projectile weapons.
- A group of soldiers come out with crossbows ready, their bolts burning at the end.
- The men with crossbows quickly dropped their weapons and unsheathed their swords.
- The crossbow was too popular and too useful in war for either participating side of a war to give up its use.
- They used the cars for cover, effectively avoiding the badly-aimed wooden bolts of crossbows.
Derivatives nounPlural crossbowmen The crusaders consisted mainly of knights and some crossbowmen. Example sentencesExamples - A hand suddenly grabbed her arm and yanked her back against the wall, just out of the path of a crossbowman's fire.
- Dozens of sentries and crossbowmen kept watch on the battlements, and mounted cavalry patrolled the keep walls and the surrounding area.
- The crossbowman took aim and let rip an arrow towards us.
- He quickly formed his army up to meet an attack, but his crossbowmen were still on the other side of the river.
Definition of crossbow in US English: crossbownounˈkrɔsˌboʊˈkrôsˌbō A medieval bow of a kind that is fixed across a wooden support and has a groove for the bolt and a mechanism for drawing and releasing the string. Example sentencesExamples - They used the cars for cover, effectively avoiding the badly-aimed wooden bolts of crossbows.
- A group of soldiers come out with crossbows ready, their bolts burning at the end.
- He was hit with a bolt from the crossbow and then struck a number of times across the back of the head.
- The men with crossbows quickly dropped their weapons and unsheathed their swords.
- The crossbows on the other hand were horizontal and would be drawn back and latched.
- The movie features many different races using many different types of longbows and crossbows in warfare.
- Then one of then pulled out a crossbow and shot arrows above my head.
- Here's another page about crossbows in the medieval period.
- A crossbow, rifles, swords and bayonets were some of the items collected at police stations across the region.
- The crossbow was too popular and too useful in war for either participating side of a war to give up its use.
- It houses thousands of weapons, including guns and ammunition, knives, knuckledusters, coshes, crossbows and swords.
- He grunted in pain as a bolt from a crossbow tore a gash in his leg, then he plunged into the water and sank.
- A goose miraculously survived when two bolts fired from a crossbow went through its neck.
- She took them to several different stands, all selling guns, crossbows, and other kinds of projectile weapons.
- The weapons unearthed include crossbows, hooks, lances, arrowheads, spears and swords.
- Still, the bolts on the crossbows were pointed at him and he had no wish to die.
- Other lethal weapons such as swords, bayonets, crossbows and knives have also been surrendered.
- Bows fell into three main types: the composite bow, the crossbow, and the longbow.
- They branched into other sporting goods, including pellet guns, crossbows and daggers.
- Alex carefully took a bolt out of her crossbow and held it deftly into her mouth.
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