資料來源 : pyDict
[中世紀鋼制的] 大弓
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Arbalest \Ar"ba*lest\, Arbalist \Ar"ba*list\, n. [OF. arbaleste,
LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a
military engine. See {Ballista}.] (Antiq.)
A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood,
furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical
device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts,
bullets, etc. [Written also {arbalet} and {arblast}.]
--Fosbroke.
資料來源 : WordNet®
arbalest
n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine
for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: {catapult},
{arbalist}, {ballista}, {bricole}, {mangonel}, {onager},
{trebuchet}, {trebucket}]