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Forms: Middle English alblaster(e, Middle English–1600s arblaster(e, Middle English awblaster, allblawster, Middle English–1600s arbalaster, Middle English–1800s arbalester, 1800s arbalister, arbalestier. Also Middle English arowblaster.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman alblaster, arblaster, Old French arbalestier, arbelestier < Latin arcuballistārius one who used an arcuballista ; mixed with other Old French synonyms, as arbalestre < Latin *arcuballistor , and arbalestère , accusative arbalesteor < Latin arcuballistātor , -ōrem (medieval Latin arbalistātor ); and phonetically or etymologically corrupted as in arbalest n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈarbalester.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A soldier armed with an arbalest, a cross-bowman.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > crossbowman

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1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 205 Þat sauh an alblastere, a quarelle lete he flie.

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Sam. viii. 18 Forsothe Bananye..was ouer..archeris and arblasteris [1382 alblasters; v.r. arowblasters].

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xxi Their Arbalasters..and their best archers.

c1440 Morte Arth. 2426 All-blawsters at Arthure egerly schottes.

1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 82/2 The arbalesters smote hym with a quarel.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. 462 Foure hundyre awblasteris.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 481/2 An Arbalaster (or Archibalista) standing vpon the wall.

1643 W. Prynne Doome of Cowardize 4 Men of Armes and Arblasters.

1848 in Chron. Crusaders (Bohn) 322 An arbalester..to stretch the arbalest.

1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 288 The said arbalestier corps comprehending the greater part of the French nobility.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vii. 191 The archers and arbalisters..amused themselves by shooting at the castle walls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	arbalester
释义	arbalesterarbalisterarblastern. Forms: Middle English alblaster(e, Middle English–1600s arblaster(e, Middle English awblaster, allblawster, Middle English–1600s arbalaster, Middle English–1800s arbalester, 1800s arbalister, arbalestier. Also Middle English arowblaster. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman alblaster, arblaster, Old French arbalestier, arbelestier < Latin arcuballistārius one who used an arcuballista ; mixed with other Old French synonyms, as arbalestre < Latin arcuballistor , and arbalestère* , accusative arbalesteor < Latin arcuballistātor , -ōrem (medieval Latin arbalistātor ); and phonetically or etymologically corrupted as in arbalest n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈarbalester. Obsolete exc. Historical. A soldier armed with an arbalest, a cross-bowman. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > crossbowman arbalestrierc1300 arbalester1330 balistrier1440 oblester1487 balister1489 arbalesta1500 crossbowmanc1500 crossbow?c1510 arcubalister1577 steelbowman1585 crossbower1590 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 205 Þat sauh an alblastere, a quarelle lete he flie. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Sam. viii. 18 Forsothe Bananye..was ouer..archeris and arblasteris [1382 alblasters; v.r. arowblasters]. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xxi Their Arbalasters..and their best archers. c1440 Morte Arth. 2426 All-blawsters at Arthure egerly schottes. 1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 82/2 The arbalesters smote hym with a quarel. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. 462 Foure hundyre awblasteris. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 481/2 An Arbalaster (or Archibalista) standing vpon the wall. 1643 W. Prynne Doome of Cowardize 4 Men of Armes and Arblasters. 1848 in Chron. Crusaders (Bohn) 322 An arbalester..to stretch the arbalest. 1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 288 The said arbalestier corps comprehending the greater part of the French nobility. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vii. 191 The archers and arbalisters..amused themselves by shooting at the castle walls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > see also also refers to : † arbalestrearbalesterarblastern. < n.1330 see also
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