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Significados de balistarium en inglés

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бойница
portugués
balestreiro
español
aspillera
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Opening in a wall from which missiles, such as arrows, were fired during sieges.

aspillera
Sinónimos
Examples for "loophole"
Examples for "loophole"
1
It was not: the Soviet dissidents exploited the loophole with great effect.
The Guardian
2
Police Minister Michael Woodhouse said he was not sure a loophole existed.
Radio NZ
3
The infamous loophole surrounding so-called carried interest will be in the crosshairs.
Reuters
4
The loophole that made the strategy possible was not closed until 2012.
Reuters
5
This reversed the loophole whereby referees' reports could be open to interpretation.
The Irish Times
1
From a second arrow slit, she caught a glimpse of the sea.
The spurned viscountess
2
Petru looked up, to the arrow slit, to dawn's earliest light there.
Vlad. The Last Confession
3
The scrutator was aiming through an arrow slit with a borrowed crossbow.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
4
The arrow slit was darkened, and half of a little bronze face appeared.
Imaginations and Reveries
5
Through the opaque, beeswax cloth that blocked the arrow slit, the faintest of lights came.
Vlad. The Last Confession
1
Reddish bands of light from the arrow loops slash her face.
The last page
2
Arrow loops had been bricked up, no doubt to render tower rooms more snug in winter.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
3
There were dark arrow loops in those wings that would allow archers to cover the door with crossfire.
Servant of a dark god
4
The top of the wall was open, with a broad allure to stand on and merlons with arrow loops.
Hidden Warrior
5
They docked at an elegant white marble gatehouse, with raised drawbridge and arrow loops bristling with wary elven archers.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
Translations for balistarium
español
aspillera