Definition of crossbow

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Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock..

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Arbalister :: Arbalister (n.) A crossbowman.
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow..
Cock :: Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
Prod :: Prod (n.) A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd..
Latch :: Latch (n.) A crossbow.
Crossbow :: Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
Crossbower :: Crossbower (n.) A crossbowman.
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart..
Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.
Longbow :: Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one..
Ballista :: Ballista (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles..
Arcubalist :: Arcubalist (n.) A crossbow.
Arblast :: Arblast (n.) A crossbow. See Arbalest.
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.
Balister :: Balister (n.) A crossbow.
Catapult :: Catapult (n.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc..
Arcubalister :: Arcubalister (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
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