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Significados de arrow slit em inglês

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

balestreiro
Sinônimos
Examples for "loophole"
Examples for "loophole"
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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
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)
Uso de arrow slit em inglês
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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
6
She stared out another arrow slit.
The spurned viscountess
7
This one was smaller than the others he'd gone through, more like an arrow slit than a true window.
Arcanum Unbounded
8
A breeze flapped the beeswax-dipped cloth in the arrow slit, admitting a little light, making the room even colder.
Vlad. The Last Confession
9
Wicked knives decorated the walls while a ray of light from an arrow slit highlighted a display of tarnished shields.
The spurned viscountess
10
Vlad looked around -outof the arrow slit to the Turkish firelight and the sound of axes; to the beams above.
Vlad. The Last Confession
11
He strode over to the bookcase next to the arrow slit and pulled out a binder in which absences were recorded.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
12
Leaping up, Tobin looked out through an arrow slit and saw a heap of shattered stone and wood where the gates had been.
Hidden Warrior
13
But this was a night shot, at two hundred paces, hilltop to hilltop, and he was aiming at candle flicker within an arrow slit.
Vlad. The Last Confession
14
He wondered if that window had at one time been several arrow slits.
Enchanted Glass
15
The upper two had windows and balconies, the lower two only arrow slits.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
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There were no windows, except for the narrow arrow slits in the towers.
Nocturnal
Translations for arrow slit
espanhol
aspillera