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Meanings of crossbowman in English
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Examples for "arbalist"
Examples for "arbalist"
1
Look at yon arbalist; sure Brutus himself used such an one!
2
Now and again a twig would snap and fly like a bolt from an arbalist.
3
In the meantime here is Wat with his arbalist and a bolt in his girdle.
4
Another name for the crossbow was 'arbalist,' and its arrows were called quarils, or bolts.
5
He heard thee tell Gosse, Falworth, that thou wert going thither for thy arbalist this morn to shoot at the rooks withal.
1
His surname, sometimes written Arblastier, is one of the many variants of arbalester, a cross-bowman.
2
As it was hard to draw again, that added strength to the saying; but it arose from the deliberation with which a good cross-bowman aimed.
1
In that second of time Hal Masters' string twanged and his long arrow sped through the arbalister's throat.
2
Ranieri della Sassetta rode in at the head of 100 mounted arbalisters, and Francesco de Luna with a body of 50 arquebusiers.
Usage of crossbowman in English
1
Nait ran into Honey, who was shaking a crossbowman by the shirt.
2
The crossbowman at the front died instantly, thrust through with a lance.
3
The wounded crossbowman, screaming curses and clutching his ankle, he left alone.
4
The crossbowman turned, shaking his head, then froze as he saw Kip.
5
The pay of a crossbowman in the reign of Edward II.
6
A skilled crossbowman dropped the bird the moment it stopped moving.
7
The crossbowman in the Hopetown tavern had been no random guest.
8
Instantly the crossbowman loosed, the bolt diving neatly into the dirt before her.
9
Another crossbowman rode in the front next to the boy.
10
A crossbowman tried to put a quarrel through my eye, but I outrode it.
11
Irisis scrambled to her feet, looked back and saw the other crossbowman aiming at her.
12
The crossbowman, jolted from his trance, pulled the trigger.
13
The crossbowman was fumbling for another quarrel as the dragon's teeth closed around his neck.
14
Some crossbowman had snapped off a lucky shot.
15
The crossbowman-itwas Felipe Garcia-showedthe way.
16
A lone crossbowman stood on the landing above, furiously turning the iron crank to reload his weapon.
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