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单词 arblast
释义

arblast

English

Alternative forms

  • arbalest
  • arbalist

Etymology

From Old French arbaleste (modern French arbalète), from Late Latin arcuballista, from arcus (bow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːblɑːst/

Noun

arblast (plural arblasts)

  1. (obsolete except historical) A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones etc.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
      “Here be two arblasts, comrades, with windlaces and quarrells — to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain.”

Anagrams

  • lab rats, lab-rats
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