| 单词 | arbalest |
| 例句 | Oh, the title: “arbalest” means “crossbow,” and evokes violence—in particular, the primal violence on which the story, Foster Kalt’s fate, and, for that matter, all culture rests. The Best Movies I Saw at SXSW 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z "On thy back," said he sharply, and seizing the arbalest and taking a stroke forward he aided the desired movement. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z His Queries of course have reference to the long bow, and not to the arbalest, or cross-bow. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-16T03:00:07.530Z A man of Damme, not being able to pay Claes for his coal, gave him his most valuable possession, which was an arbalest with twelve quarrels well pointed to serve as missiles. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Three times during the night they threw this Greek fire at us from the above-mentioned 'perriere,' and four times with the 'arbalest�.' Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Its elasticity of aim was far superior, and, most important of all, its rate of fire was something like three to one of the arbalest. Poitiers Holding the arbalest with one hand, Daoud vaulted into the saddle. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel "By St. Denis, I fancy not those bolts," exclaimed De Lacy, as a quarrel from an arbalest glanced along his helmet near the eye hole. Beatrix of Clare Something hurtled hotly through my hair—the iron bolt of an arbalest, as I knew by the song of the steel bow in a man's hand at the end of the passage. Red Axe The arbalest is said by some writers to be of Italian origin. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832 Our bullets and cannon-balls have lengthened into bolts like those which whistled out of old arbalests. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 He rode with one hand holding the arbalest across the saddle in front of him, the other on the reins, guiding his mount. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel "Which weapon hath the vantage now?" cried the Brabanter, Strutting proudly about with shouldered arbalest, amid the applause of his companions. The White Company "A letter and an arbalest!" panted the maddened Peppe, grimacing horribly at this delay. Love-at-Arms These, again, were followed by five thousand Gascon arbalisters, each shouldering his arbalest—a phalanx of short, rude fellows, not to be compared with the stately Swiss. The Life of Cesare Borgia But, even then, I saw a face at an archère, an ill face and fell, the wolf’s eyes of Brother Thomas glancing along the stock of an arbalest. A Monk of Fife But that meant the men from the inn would soon be within the arbalest's short range. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel "To my mind the long-bow is a better weapon than the arbalest, but it may be ill for me to prove it." The White Company Then, like an animal at bay—and even a rat will assert itself then—he swung aloft the heavy arbalest he held, and stood barring Ercole's way. Love-at-Arms "On thy back," said he sharply, and seizing the arbalest, and taking a stroke forward, he aided the desired movement. The Cloister and the Hearth So I even abode by the fosse, and having found an arbalest, my desire was to win a chance of slaying Brother Thomas, wherefore I kept my eyes on that archère whence he had shot. A Monk of Fife But no sooner did my head show above, and I draw a deep breath or twain, looking for my enemy, than an arbalest bolt cleft the water with a clipping sound, missing me but narrowly. A Monk of Fife "That is a very strong prod of yours," said Johnston, shaking his grizzled head as he glanced at the thick arch and powerful strings of his rival's arbalest. The White Company The courtier was bending down, and by the creaking sound that reached him Ercole guessed his occupation to be the winding of the arbalest string. Love-at-Arms And with that he began winding up his arbalest hastily. A Monk of Fife Once an arbalest bolt struck my staff from my hand as I walked, and I was fain to take shelter of a corner, yet saw not whence the shot came. A Monk of Fife So there sat Brother Thomas at the cross-roads, footsore, hungry, and sullen, in the midst of us, who dared not speak, he twanging at the string of his arbalest. A Monk of Fife On the other hand, they are the sorriest archers that I have ever seen, and cannot so much as aim with the arbalest, to say nought of the long-bow. The White Company Then opening a large chest that stood against the wall, he rummaged a moment, and at last withdrew an arbalest quarrel. Love-at-Arms “Back!” came his grating voice—“back! and without your clothes, you wine-sack of Scotland, or I shoot!” and his arbalest was levelled on me. A Monk of Fife But no arbalest was pointed thence, and the fight flagged. A Monk of Fife Though now I carry but an arbalest, the gun is my mistress, and my patron is the gunner’s saint, St. Barbara. A Monk of Fife Ten archers, with thirty shipmen, under the master, may hold the waist while ten lie aloft with stones and arbalests. The White Company On this bird, I deemed, he meant to try his skill with the arbalest. A Monk of Fife And hark ye, by the way, unwind the arbalest before you cross; it is ever well to be on the safe side. 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